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“Bad news. If you can see it coming, you brace yourself; you weigh the outcome. But there's always that niggling voice, that voice of hope whispering, 'Maybe it's good news.' Whether you can admit it or not, that little whisper is a potent thing.”

Book:Betting Blind

Source: Betting Blind

“The only way to wrest yourself from Bad Luck's grip is to act. Not randomly, but with logical purpose. And if you were wrong, you backed up and re- A person can't sit on their ass and wait for Good Luck to walk by.reasoned. Chance still overrode your efforts, but what other way did you have to combat chaos?”

Fate Luck Fate Destiny

Book:Betting Blind

Source: Betting Blind

“There were men in their fifties, men who take a stab at fitness, men who try. They may not look young, but they still look viable. Lammers wasn't one of those. Lammers was one of those crack-in-the-ass guys ten months pregnant with a beer baby.”

Mystery Detective Noir Fiction Female Detective

Book:A Bitch Called Hope

Source: A Bitch Called Hope

“about Tommy, you went through your whole life craving these little pockets of time and missing them for more time than you had them.”

Mystery Detective Noir Fiction Female Detective

Book:A Bitch Called Hope

Source: A Bitch Called Hope

“The Land of Civilian was a dry bitter place where you sat in your car staring at drawn curtains and closed doors for hours on end, and where everything was a big, freaking secret.”

Mystery Detective Noir Fiction Mystery Series Female Detective

Book:A Bitch Called Hope

Source: A Bitch Called Hope

“that was the thing about luck, its laws were those of scarcity.”

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Book:A Bitch Called Hope

Source: A Bitch Called Hope