Quotes from Jana Deleon

I think the absence of hope removes all empathy. Then all you want is for the rest of the world to suffer like you do.

If you live to a certain age, you'll always have regrets. Most of them will be selfish.

Mildred was old-fashioned in a lot of ways, but family wasn't one of them. Blood didn't make someone love you. It didn't make someone treat you right.

in except the medical staff.

Justice is a very powerful emotion. It sometimes overrides even death.

photocopies of Raissa's

Neely Kate lowered her arm, her chest heaving from her exertion. "That man tried to steal my purse!" "You should have just let him have it. You could have gotten hurt." "He's the one who got hurt. I have three cans of Vienna sausages in here.

You thought only the CIA could bury things. Be careful, Fortune. I like you, and I'd like to sell you another dress the next time you're forced to wear one. I just don't want it to be the one they lower you into the ground in.

Gertie reached over and patted my hand. "It always feels better when someone understands that you're standing in a shit storm holding a broken umbrella." That pretty much summed it up.

enough alone. So, what's this text that got you all

Breaking hips is for old people," Gertie said. "I have decided that I am middle-aged." "Ha!" Ida Belle said. "Middle-aged for what, a tortoise?

them do their best. Before

I followed shortly after, but even a long, hot shower didn't bring on the sleep I'd really hoped for. Quite simply, I had too much on my mind. So much that it raced from one problem to another, in a vicious cycle that had me tossing and turning in between small bouts of sleep with vivid, strange dreams. I awakened feeling more tired than I had when I'd gone to bed, and that was saying a lot given the day I'd had before.

Fake hair? Fake nails? Someone touching my feet? Oh, God, they were going to paint my toenails pink, weren't they?

prefer for a boil to be out in the open where I can see it. When it's hiding down in a butt crack, it can be a real pain in

I prefer for a boil to be out in the open where I can see it. When it's hiding down in a butt crack, it can be a real pain in the…you know.

this settled, the more likely that Ida

for some people, laziness could beat out common sense any day.

I have a limited amount of faith in humans as a species, and have little problem imagining someone that petty and insane.

Orleans." Silently, we all took a seat at the

Psychiatrists do not nag. We're licensed to tell you the best way to live your life. You people just refuse to listen.

I think they abuse anyone who don't toe the line. And with religious folk, that line can be a murky mess. People ain't got limits when they sure God is behind 'em.

tapped his desk, staring at the monitor as if a

Carter, who had scratches across his forehead, stepped in front of me and raised an eyebrow. "I'm not going to tell you to hold fire," he said. "But you have to start with either Gertie or that cat.