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Just The Pits (Hetta Coffey Mystery, #5) Just The Pits by Jinx Schwartz
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“It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.—Noel Coward”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“A joke by fellow Texan and humorist Jack Handey sprang to mind: When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did—in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“I have a lifelong habit for dealing with dejection: I leave town. I first ran away from home at three. Mother helped pack my bag.”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world—they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you.—John Cusack   Don't Mess With Texas—Hetta Coffey”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“My clawed fingers lost all feeling after the first quarter-mile as I clung to anything within reach, and my right foot was numb from stomping an imaginary brake pedal.”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.—George Bernard Shaw”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend; but thou may'st a Friend into an Enemy.— Benjamin Franklin”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“I've traveled far and wide, always alone, so therefore I've never been in Cahoots.”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world—they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you.—John Cusack”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.— Saint Augustine”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.— Colin Powell”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“We made too many wrong mistakes.—Yogi Berra”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“It has been my experience that the only person who enjoys a meeting is the person who calls it so they can look important and boss everyone around.”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.—Mark Twain”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND (Nautical term): A reference to the sheets (ropes) of a sail becoming loosened, rendering the sail useless (drunk)”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits
“For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the message was lost. For want of a message the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.”
Jinx Schwartz, Just The Pits