Quotes & Sayings About The Penny Dropping

I don't know what came over me. It's like sometimes when it's very quiet I feel like screaming. And sometimes when I'm holding something delicate I feel like dropping it. I don't know why. — Louise Penny

Throughout the day, Stargirl had been dropping money. She was the Johnny Appleseed of loose change: a penny here, a nickel there. Tossed to the sidewalk, laid on a shelf or bench. Even quarters.
"I hate change," she said. "It's so ... jangly."
"Do you realize how much you must throw away in a year?" I said.
"Did you ever see a little kid's face when he spots a penny on a sidewalk? — Jerry Spinelli

Oh.
Once again, the penny drops. Damn, there's been an awful lot of penny-dropping, and metaphorically, it's sending me broke. — Kat T. Masen