Quotes from Jana Deleon

Religion was by and large constructed by men, and I had yet to find a man who was logical.

was right. She sighed. It was beyond frustrating when things you didn't like were also your reality. "Where do you want the living room furniture?" one of the movers asked. She directed him inside

Honor is earned, not given,

Not that having multiple children diminished the loss of another, but when there was only one and they were lost, there was nothing left at all.

Ida Belle grabbed the purse, her arms dropping a bit, then set it on the coffee table. I leaned over as she pulled out a small retail store. Nine-

It was a bunch of explanations but not an excuse. The bottom line is that no matter why I did the things I did, I always had a choice in doing them.

Television she could do without for a night or two, but having no Internet was akin to having no hot water. It just wasn't a livable sort of thing.

You've always been strong. You just had to believe it.

The idiot wrote that message on his utility bill.

When you sat in the dark every day, it was hard to know how much time passed.

It was okay though," Gertie said. "Jeb said she wasn't a pleasant woman anyway, so we vacuumed the rug and deposited her in the flower bed out front." "I was beginning to question why we're friends when you told us about the lights," I said. "But you sort of redeemed the whole thing with the efficient flower bed disposal part of the story." "I'm guessing Jeb's mother might feel differently," Ida Belle said.

I nodded, completely understanding his desire to get away from people, especially people who were judging your ability to do your job when they really had zero idea what that job entailed.

I felt a sense of pride swell in me. Not for myself but for these two women. They were everything I wanted to be someday—successful, happy, dedicated to their town and its people, and most importantly they knew who they were.

Is there more meat?" I asked. Ida Belle nodded. "I'm pretty sure there's a black hole in the bottom of Gertie's trunk and meat is coming through it from another planet. We've hardly made a dent.

should. I learned a long time ago to never close my mind to possibilities. Every time I did it made a fool of me.

think there's enough time to repair some things. Some things just become part of a person, like their skin color. It doesn't have to define them, but it's always with them.

And that pissed me all the way off.

I had a backpack with our water supplies and tossed in a crab net I'd found in the camp closet, just in case I needed to capture that bird. Or tie off a compound fracture. It could swing either way.

I don't doubt that at some point I'll be as happy as I was before, but I don't think I'll ever be the same, if that makes sense.

I'm lazy and lying requires too much effort.

I'm pretty sure the perfect man has already been built. She's called 'woman

Romance and love are two different things.

The ride to the funeral home went quicker than I expected, especially given the lack of conversation during the ride. I knew why I was silent. I had more to think about than any twenty people usually did in an entire lifetime.

Oh hell," Ida Belle said. "God doesn't care about drinking beer. All those rules were made up by people trying to prevent you from doing something really wrong. Drunks make stupid decisions. If you don't drink, there's less chance of doing something stupid.