“The problem with being a well-paid hermit is that you have no incentive to ascribe to social niceties and norms.” ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"As a society, we're moving away from the written word. We want the shortcut. We don't want to have to think about the meaning of words -- ours or someone else's --- and how they affect us or those around us. We want to feel good." ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"No person is ever truly their online or media persona. For better or worse, the human condition, desires and faults are so much robust than pixels on a screen or words beneath a caption." ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
“Nothing online can come close to experiencing the touch of another person, a kiss, a caress – or the anticipation of these things.” ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"Trusting people is impossible because you never know, you can never know, what their intentions truly are. Sometimes they don't even know." ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"Sometimes it's best to keep your feelings to yourself. You don't need to share what you're feeling every time you're feeling it. Keeping your emotions circumspect will keep you from getting hurt by the cruelty that is most people." ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
“The worst thing that could happen to a celebrity was to be made irrelevant. Society’s ambivalence is the death of notoreirty.” ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"The online environment is unique, and that's a very good thing. Rather than be judged by what they look like or their ability to speak in front of a crowd, people are judged by the merit of their ideas and words." ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"People should be judged by what they look like --- not 100%, but it should be taken into account. if you work hard on yourself, take care of yourself, then it’s reflection of the person within. People are more than just their brains. Like it or not, assuming a person has control over their personal appearance, the body is just as important. If you ignore your body, you are ignoring an essential part of yourself." ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
“Extremes – in either direction, ignoring the physical or giving it too much importance are counterproductive and dangerous to overall well-being.” ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
“Funny thing about lies, lying and liars – the truth always has a way of coming out.” ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
“You can’t run away from people who care about you and are invested in your success and happiness. It’s a dick move. Don’t be a dick.” ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
“The physical – for better or for worse – mattered. It was part of the person, and it was diluted, changed by the barrier of online interactions.” ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"Family isn't always the one you're born into. Sometimes it's about people who get into your blood, inside your heart and under your skin all on their own." ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"There is nothing wrong with being afraid. But there is everything wrong with being only afraid." ~~ L. H. Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Hooker and the Hermit)
"Beauty comes in many forms, and the strong, powerful kind is most admirable. It's easy to be weak; you simply do nothing, but strength takes courage and effort." ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Player and the Pixie)
"If everyone winked as much in real life as they do on social media and in text messages, the world would be a much creepier place." ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Player and the Pixie)
"The world revolves around money and power and those who wield both." ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Player and the Pixie)
"We all have issues. Human beings are flawed and all we can hope for is to work toward making ourselves better. Not perfect, just better." ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Player and the Pixie)
"We can't control how our feelings develop, how sometimes they latch on to the least likely and most inconvenient person." ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Player and the Pixie)
"Denying yourself the very thing that brings you joy will only create a hole inside you. And that hole will fester until it becomes black and toxic." ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Player and the Pixie)
"If a certain person calls you and you can't bear to pick up and talk to them, then they're probably toxic and you should cut them from your life. If it's a person you can't cut from your life, then you need to find a new approach to dealing with them." ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Player and the Pixie)
“Most things in life you can get back, but time isn’t one of them.” ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Cad and the Co-Ed)
“Gossip is trivial compared to a broken heart.” ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Cad and the Co-Ed)
“No one can fight our battles for us, and we can’t fight other people’s battles either.” ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Cad and the Co-Ed)
“Raising a child is difficult enough without the parents constantly being at each other’s throats.” ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Cad and the Co-Ed)
“Dates are weird. It’s like an interview for possible sex/long-term companionship/life-long marriage where you both get intoxicated and talk about your hobbies.” ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Varlet and the Voyeur)
“Liking someone as a person made it difficult to have a relationship with just their body. That’s a life lesson for you right there.” ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Varlet and the Voyeur)
“One date doesn’t give you the full view of a person. People can pretend to be one way, then they’re completely different behind closed doors.” ~~ L H Cosway & Penny Reid (Book: The Varlet and the Voyeur)
Hope you enjoyed reading this collection of quotes.
