Boys will lie, cheat, and steal to get into your pants. A man will stand the test of time. Make him wait, and you'll see which one he is.

Whether or not he still wanted me, I knew he wouldn't want anyone else to have me.

—Penelope Douglas in Rival

There was a time when I had all of his attention and loved it. As much as I wanted him to leave me alone, I also liked how he seemed surprised. I liked the way he was looking at me right now. And then I remembered that I hated him.

—Penelope Douglas in Bully

I wanted to make more than just money. I wanted to make a difference and be remembered.

—Penelope Douglas in Misconduct

The more you suffered, the more you survived. It shaped people in different ways, and what broke one person could empower another.

—Penelope Douglas in Falling Away

The most valuable lesson anyone learns in life should be learned as early as possible. That you don't have to live in the reality someone else had invented. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. Ever.

—Penelope Douglas in Corrupt

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuff'd brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

—William Shakespeare

It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.

—Marguerite Duras

I'm so tired of people lying to me. Do I not deserve the truth? Do I look like someone who can't handle it?

—Kasie West in Split Second

When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility. It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand.

—Anne Morrow Lindbergh

You only lie to two people in your life: your girlfriend and the police. Everybody else you tell the truth to.

—Jack Nicholson