Fortune and Glory Quotes

“War, famine, pestilence didn’t stop my relatives from moving forward one foot in front of the other. They were good solid plodders without grandiose expectations. And that’s the legacy they left me. The ability to plod forward, no matter the circumstances. I realize plodding isn’t glamorous, but there are times when it serves a purpose.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“Everyone wants to be a better version of themselves,” he said. “It’s easy for you because you just needed a new jacket. For some other people the job is more complicated.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“We wouldn’t want the shit we do to not be epic,” I said. “Hell no. Ordinary shit is just shit.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“This is a bad idea,” Lula said to me. “My nipples are all shrunk up and trying to hide inside my body. It’s like what men’s gonads do when someone comes at them with a butcher knife. Those suckers abandon ship and there’s nothing left but an empty nut sack. Not that I know firsthand. I’m just sayin’ what I hear.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“...I walked Grandma to the front door and gave her a hug.
'I love you,' I said to Grandma.
'I love you, too,' Grandma said. 'Maybe that's why God gave us death. So, we remember to love what's alive.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“Here it is. You think you know someone and then next thing they tell you is that they want a Chihuahua named Chardonnay.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“ignore the obvious signs of danger and stumble into something ugly with the potential for disaster. This was one of those times. I was in a tunnel under a strip club, and I was with my coworker, Lula.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory

“I love you,” I said to Grandma. “I love you, too,” Grandma said. “Maybe that’s why God gave us death. So, we remember to love what’s alive.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“Order me something without dairy or tomatoes or gluten,” Potts said. “That would be the paper napkins,”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“I’ll go first,” Grandma said, taking the Maglite and forging ahead. “I’m already too old to die young.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“Beds were unmade in three rooms. The third room had a perfectly made bed.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“Of course, you need protecting.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“my mother made it clear that her love wasn’t dependent on perfection.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“Maybe that’s why God gave us death. So, we remember to love what’s alive.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“but I’m a Jersey girl. And Jersey girls always get their man.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“My mother looked like she was trying to decide between booze or Xanax. I understood her dilemma. Her thankless job was to be the voice of reason and maturity in a family of oddballs. My father keeps his head down and wills himself to be invisible, occasionally barking for more hot gravy at the dinner table. My sister Valerie is married to a very sweet man who seems to be incompetent at everything other than keeping her pregnant. And then there’s me and Grandma with Superhero Derangement Syndrome.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“I was getting nowhere fast on all this stuff, but as Yoda says, “Do or do not. There is no try.” So, I was all about the do today.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“Lula backed out after you. I don’t like to speak bad about anyone, but it wasn’t a pretty sight. It was like Winnie the Pooh getting stuck in the rabbit hole, if Winnie the Pooh was wearing a red thong.”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven

“Ruth,”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory

“Vinny”
― Janet Evanovich, Fortune and Glory