Jane Goes North Quotes

“She had heard that some of those people made a whole lot of money and drove very fine cars. She had doubts about that. Most of them looked as if they were about to have a stroke or die of gas fumes from passing cars, but the notion there might be a nation of highly successful grifters with mansions and limousines to go home to at night allowed her to keep a tight grip on her dollar. Still, that whole begging thing might be a way to add enough to her coffers to get done what she needed to get done. She could show a little leg if she had to, wear something nice. Though, come to think of it, that might throw off her whole plan. If she looked too nice, or sexy, she might be thought to be a prostitute trying to move upscale, or a music teacher on her way down,”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Jane Goes North

“She poured the milk in the glass and the contents of the jug down the sink.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Jane Goes North

“I'm not the luckiest gal in the world either." "You look nice." "So does a porcelain spittoon but people spit in it.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Jane Goes North