Every October, Penelope Douglas’ name pops up on our fyp on TikTok. Why is that? Because Halloween is coming, and therefore… Devil’s Night. Unfortunately, we are not here to talk about Damon Torrence or Kai Mori—yet!
Punk 57 has received so much love on BookTok that we cannot help but imagine it is because of its connection to the Devil’s Night series. Okay, maybe it is because of the hot, tattooed, lip-pierced, dark musical MMC. Well, Misha is something else, and for sure, his talent for writing lyrics is phenomenal. Of course, he is also quick to answer, so his lines are authentic, and sometimes strike deep. His muse, Ryen, also has some inspirational quotes to offer from experience.
This dark romance book combines smut and teen struggle masterfully. Themes of conformity, belonging, and the repressed self form the plot around Misha and Ryen’s rocky relationship.
So, what is going on with Penelope Douglas’ Punk 57? For starters, let’s make it clear that the book can be read as a standalone, but as per Penelope’s advice, we should follow a certain book order, which includes the Devil’s Night series. Yep, you guessed it—they are all in the same universe, or shall I say town?
The story follows Misha Lare and Ryen Trevarrow, who accidentally end up being pen pals in primary school. As they exchange letters, their connection gets deeper, so much that they promised not to meet in person to keep the magic of their relationship alive. Ha, as if!
After an unfortunate turn of events, Misha stops corresponding to Ryen’s letters, and some years later, he attends Ryen’s school under the alias, Masen Laurent. His motives are not pure, for sure, but, strangely, Ryen is not the reason. That does not mean she won’t get in his way with every means possible.
Penelope has gifted us with many iconic lines that every book lover adores! Let’s dive in with no more delay. As always, beware of spoilers!
Romantic Quotes from Punk 57
Of course, heart-melting quotes will be opening the main section of this article because, above all, we are all hopeless romantics who are waiting for that dark tattooed other to blow our minds.
“He’s becoming a part of my heart, and I feel good when he’s around. Almost like none of my fears matter as long he’s there.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Just when I think I can’t stand her, and I can leave, never looking back, I turn right around and want to make sure nothing hurts her.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“You know more than that,” I whisper. “I won’t let anything happen to you. You’re my tribe, Ryen.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I can’t make her stay, and I can’t watch her go. I’ll keep her hellfire heart, And bookmark it ’fore it goes cold.”
— (from Misha’s lyrics), Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I put the pen to the paper and scrawl what my goddamn heart can only whisper. ‘I miss you every day’, I write. You’re my favorite place.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“They don’t get you and me. I know that’s what you’re afraid of. You’re perfect. I’m never in line. You’re beautiful, and I’m bad, right?”
— (from Misha’s lyrics), Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I don’t want to hurt you,” he whispers, his voice thick with emotion. “I don’t want anyone else. I only think about you.” He pauses, his voice shaky. “I think about you all the time, Ryen.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“He leans in, forehead to forehead. ‘You’re an incredible pain in the ass, but God, I love y—’ He stops, and my breath catches in my throat. ‘It,’ he finishes. ‘I love it. I can’t get enough. I think about you all the time.’”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I hug Ryen close. This, right here, is everything. I can’t wait to live all the days I’m going to live with her. We’re going to have a hell of a lot of fun.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“He listens, pumps me up, takes the pressure off, and has no expectations of me. He tells the truth, and he’s the one place I never have to hide.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I fell in love with your words. Unfortunately, you were a good liar.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“There is so much more to her than what was in her letters. And so much in her letters that she let me see and no one else. I want it all.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“You belong to me more than you ever did to them.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“She can be a nightmare, but this still feels better than any dream.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
Passionate and Intense Love Quotes from Punk 57
Now it’s time for some more spicy and raw lines from the protagonists’ most intimate moments and dirty inner thoughts.
“Actually, it was hard to refuse him anything while he was inside me. I would’ve told him I’d tattoo his name on my neck if he wanted.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“That’s not how this works, princess.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“We were perfect for each other until we met.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Someone could come in,” I warn. “And what? Find out I’m your dirty little secret?”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“‘I don’t want it,’ she insists and tosses it at me. ‘Another girl’s perfume is on it, so you should let your skank know she left it in your backseat.’”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I’d fantasized about Misha before, in one of my kinky alternate realities where he writes me dirty letters and finally sneaks into my room, and that’s the first time I meet him, when he’s sliding into me.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Please just be sweet, socially awkward, shy, and everything I’ve loved for seven years. Don’t complicate it by being hot.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“She arches up on her hands, meeting me halfway as her hot, little breaths fan across my lips. Her eyes fall to my mouth. “What does it feel like?” she asks quietly, reaching a timid finger out and touching my lip piercing. I groan, challenging her. “You tell me.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“She’s right here, Burrowes.” My voice is low so only Ryen can hear me as I run my hand across her stomach. “And she feels really good.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Lust greater than I’ve ever known because when we’re like this, it’s the only time she softens and changes and gives me an inch, and it’s a need that’s in my head just as much as my body. It keeps me on my toes.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Did you know that your open thighs are directly responsible for my renewable energy source?”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I’m going to hell. I’m pretty sure she’s going to drag me there herself.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Misha, my best friend who got me into bed and fucked me with a lie.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
Popular and Iconic Quotes from Punk 57
Following the theme of personal growth, we couldn’t miss including some of the most striking lines about self-discovery, and human connections; from friendships to Misha and Ryen’s unique bond.
“Don't you get it yet? You don't have to be afraid or embarrassed. No one does you better than you. You can't be replaced. Not everyone will see that, but only you need to.”
Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I want them to know I’m here, though. I want them to see me. I don’t like being forgotten.”
Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“But now I have Ryen, and I can’t imagine not seeing her every day. I don’t see the goddamn point of wasting a minute without her in it.”
Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Alone, Empty, Fraud, Shame, Fear. Close your eyes, there's nothing to see out here”
Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“The way I dress, the guys I talk to, the games I play…it’s all plastic, and when I’m with him, I’m gold.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Eventually, we all have to weigh what we want more: wanting back what we had or waiting what could be. To stay or to risk everything to move forward.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“If someone doesn’t want us, we need to stop wanting them. I used to tell myself that, and now I believe it.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I wonder if the cheerleader feels it. When the music stops and everyone goes home? When the day is gone, and she doesn’t have anyone to entertain herself with? When she removes her makeup, taking off her brave face for the day, do the demons she keeps buried start playing with her when there’s no one else to play with?”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“You don’t want to be alone in high school, and if you have friends—good ones or not—you have a little power. High school is like prison in that way. You can’t make it on your own.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I see it all over her room. The collages, the poetry, the lyrics I’ve sent her for review, the quotes and colors everywhere… That’s the Ryen I know. But in ten years she could be Lyla. Self-serving, false, and screwing anything to forget how much she hates herself. And everything I’ve always found incredible about her will be gone.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“You want to be loved without risking consequence, so you reach out to get the attention you need while enjoying the luxury of taking no responsibility for those words.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Lying to yourself never moves you forward.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Do you notice that, too? How all of us just want to get through life as quickly and as easily as possible? And even though we know that without risk there’s no reward, we’re still so scared to chance it?”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“My eyes burn with tears, and I'm so tired. So tired of holding back everything I feel and want to say. So tired of being someone I'm not and making mistakes that I didn't have any fun making.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I find that judgy people are usually just jealous.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“‘Does any man measure up?’ ‘One. But I've never met him.’”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“He’s an arrogant mouth-breather with a marshmallow for a brain and an ego as big as his man-boobs. Oh, excuse me. They’re called pecs.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“He hurt me, and I hurt him, but shit happens and love doesn’t change. He makes me happier, he makes me stronger, and he knows everything and still wants me. If he can say the same, then this is it. The real thing. It’s us together.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“She’s a complicated, temperamental little mess, but she gets me going.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“You think you’re the only one who feels like shit? Who’s made mistakes? We’re all ugly, Ryen. The only difference is, some hide it and some wear it.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Right now, Misha Lare, with all of his imperfections, is perfect in my head.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“He’s mine and too hard to put into words. I don’t even want to try. Not to mention, if I don’t tell anyone, he won’t be as real. And it won’t hurt so much when I eventually have to lose him. Which I will if I haven’t already. All good things come to an end.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“‘You’re better than this,’ he whispers. I stare at him for a moment, seeing the plea in his eyes. Seeing how highly he thinks of my intellect and how angry he is that I don’t make better use out of it.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“My imperfections entertain him, my issues complement his issues and two negatives make a positive”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“You loved me, we were besties, I lent you my eye shadow. But someday all you’ll be is someone I used to know.”
— Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Speak your mind, and you give others permission to do the same.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
How Punk 57 Quotes Inspire Readers
Misha and Ryen’s self-development has been nothing but inspiring. As young adults who are searching for the meaning of life, they share their unique view of the world through the most admirable and relatable quotes.
“And even if we create anything that lasts beyond our death, there will come a time when our names are forgotten,” he says. “That in the trillions of years left in the universe, there may never be any evidence that we were ever here. That we ever existed.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“The girl who stood up to the mean kids and didn’t need a spirit animal because she was her own.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“And when I look down at everything, I remember that there’s more out there than just what’s going on in my house—the bullshit with my dad, school, my future. I look at all those full houses, and I remember, I’m just one of many. It’s not to say we’re not special or important, but it’s comforting, I guess. You don’t feel so alone.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“We were kids once, and we liked ourselves, we were happy. How did that change?”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“We’re all ugly, Ryen. The only difference is some hide it and some wear it.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“I learned a long time ago that you don’t need to reveal everything inside of you to the people around you. They like to judge, and I’m happier when they don’t. Some things stay hidden.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“It’s better to stand alone and be right than stand in a crowd and be wrong.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“Life is fifty wrong turns down a bumpy road. All you can hope is that you end up somewhere nice.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
“The world isn’t always what’s right in front of you, you know? It’s below, it’s above, it’s out there somewhere. Every burn of every light inside every house I see when I look down from the rooftop has a story. Sometimes we just need to change our perspective.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
And before you leave, we shall give you a taste of Misha’s talent in writing.
Misha’s Lyrics from his song Pearl
A picture is worth a thousand words,
But my thousand words slice deeper.
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger,
Fuck that. I’ve become a hide and seeker.
Treat others how you want to be treated,
But what if tonight I want to be burned?
You told us it’s better to be safe than sorry,
And little sister listened, but I was the one who learned.
Reap, reap, reap, you don’t even know,
All you did suffer is what you did sow!
Necessitate, medicate, eradicate, resuscitate.
Swallow your Pearls, but for me, it was too late.
Do better, be more, too many, too much,
I’m about to fucking choke, I can’t force it down.
So string up the little Wisdoms and wrap them ‘round my neck,
I’ll strangle myself with your Pearls of Wisdom and die a wreck.
Conclusion
These were some of the iconic book quotes we think are most relatable from Penelope Douglas’ dark romance book, Punk 57. As you go through the book pages, we are sure you will find even more! So, if you haven’t yet read it, run and add it to your Goodreads want-to-read list.
Don’t want to break the magic the dark musician and the cheerleader have created just yet? What about reading some Maasverse theories and letting your imagination go wild for a bit longer?
And a little treat for the Devil’s Night girlies, right from the scene in Punk 57, where the horsemen walk in.
“I move to stand up, but my cousin pushes me back down. “I’m sorry, man,” I rush out, hating that he had to come all the way down here. But Will just smiles at me. “Getting arrested is a Thunder Bay boy’s rite of passage,” he jokes, beaming with pride. I roll my eyes. Will’s two friends, Michael Crist and Kai Mori, stand behind him, looking amused.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Is Punk 57 spicy?
Penelope Douglas’ Punk 57 is spicy. Sizzling hot! There is graphic language when describing the character’s intimate moments, and if you are a smutty reader, Penelope won’t disappoint you. There are five spicy chapters in total, but each and every one of them is unforgettable. Keep an eye out for Chapters 10, 12, 13, 1,7 and 18.
Will we get more of Ryen and Misha?
We definitely get more of Misha and Ryen throughout the Devil’s Night series. More specifically, they reappear in Conclave, the first novella of the series, Kill Switch, and then more actively in Nightfall.
What is Misha's fake name in Punk 57?
Misha’s fake name in Punk 57 is Masen Laurent, a smart anagram of his real name, Misha Lare. He attends Ryen’s school under this alias to meet with the one person who has hurt him the most.
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