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61 " Life has a way of uncovering secrets, usually at the worst moment possible. How we choose to deal with them is what makes us better than those who kept them in the first place. "
― Jana Deleon , Rumble on the Bayou
62 " water seeks its own level. "
― Jana Deleon , Gator Bait (Miss Fortune Mystery, #5)
63 " Gertie "
― Jana Deleon , Miss Fortune Series: Boxset No. 1 (Miss Fortune Mystery #1-3)
64 " The dead didn’t show up to their own funerals and call people assholes. "
― Jana Deleon , Trouble in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law, #1)
65 " inveigle, "
66 " Pity was for those who couldn’t do anything about it. "
― Jana Deleon , Ghost-in-Law Series 1-3 Boxset
67 " nothing is forever and you better get the good stuff in before you run out of time. "
68 " relationships you choose to make are far more important than the ones that are forced on you. She’s always saying ‘you have to love your family, but you don’t have to like them, or want to spend time with them. "
69 " Now she sorta resembled the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man dressed in Pepto-Bismol. "
70 " The thought of having another person constantly in my space and taking his feelings into account every time I made a decision was a level of overwhelming I might never be ready for. "
― Jana Deleon , Swamp Sniper (Miss Fortune Mystery, #3)
71 " I looked right into the face of pure evil. And the worst part is, it wasn't the enemy. "
― Jana Deleon
72 " She cried for herself—the life she’d never bothered to live and had almost lost—and the realization that she still had an opportunity to change it all before it was too late. "
73 " Why are you "
― Jana Deleon , Mischief in Mudbug (Ghost-in-Law, #2)
74 " wasn’t any place on my body I "
― Jana Deleon , Louisiana Longshot (Miss Fortune Mystery, #1)
75 " It said a lot about the choices you made in life when jogging actually lowered your heart rate. By "
― Jana Deleon , Later Gator (Miss Fortune Mystery #9)
76 " pistol. "
― Jana Deleon , Soldiers of Fortune (Miss Fortune Mystery, #6)
77 " Life has a way of taking the joy out of living if you let it,” Adelaide said. “I’ve seen so many couples just like you two get beaten down by responsibility and tragedy. And unfortunately, it’s usually only one of them that keeps it all together. Then the one who got off easy complains about the lack of attention while the one who’s been juggling all the balls resents having no help. "
― Jana Deleon , Wrong Side of Forty (Marina at Midlife, #1)
78 " As much as choice could sometimes be a burden, not having one was far worse. "
― Jana Deleon , Fortune Hunter (Miss Fortune Mystery #8)
79 " Because she chose to get married,” Ida Belle said. “That’s always suspicious as far as I’m concerned. "
― Jana Deleon , Swamp Spook (Miss Fortune Mystery, #13)
80 " Ida Belle and I hurried up the sidewalk to the sheriff’s department, her clutching two tote bags and me a pillow and blanket. Between the state police presence and the closing of the polls at the end of the day, the residents had seen no further reason to stand around in the heat and humidity and had made their way to their homes. The street was littered with paper plates, streamers, election flyers, and soda cans, sprinkled with the occasional illegal beer can. "