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Sue Grafton quotes: My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar. My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar.
Sue Grafton quotes: A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused. A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.
Sue Grafton quotes: While I'm not a big fan of nature, its intractability amuses me to no end. (Kinsey Millhone) While I'm not a big fan of nature, its intractability amuses me to no end. (Kinsey Millhone)
Sue Grafton quotes: There's nothinng like an outsider's idle glance to make you conscious of your own environment. There's nothinng like an outsider's idle glance to make you conscious of your own environment.
Sue Grafton quotes: He opened his coat to reveal his badge, but I confess I didn't peer closely enough to commit the number to memory. This He opened his coat to reveal his badge, but I confess I didn't peer closely enough to commit the number to memory. This
Sue Grafton quotes: To distract myself, I thought about all the cusswords I knew and arranged them in alphabetical order. To distract myself, I thought about all the cusswords I knew and arranged them in alphabetical order.
Sue Grafton quotes: Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else. Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.
Sue Grafton quotes: What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else? What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?
Sue Grafton quotes: Grief is an illness I can't recover from. Grief is an illness I can't recover from.
Sue Grafton quotes: The space smelled The space smelled
Sue Grafton quotes: He stared at me. His breathing made that wheezing sound that fat people sometimes make. He stared at me. His breathing made that wheezing sound that fat people sometimes make.
Sue Grafton quotes: It's not that gray water's boring, but the subject does have its limits. It's not that gray water's boring, but the subject does have its limits.
Sue Grafton quotes: After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with. After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.
Sue Grafton quotes: There's only so much room at the top of the heap. The rest of us are fill dirt. There's only so much room at the top of the heap. The rest of us are fill dirt.
Sue Grafton quotes: People make mistakes. People do things they never meant to do. People make mistakes. People do things they never meant to do.
Sue Grafton quotes: I may have people lying to me, but since I don't really know the truth, I can't be sure. I may have people lying to me, but since I don't really know the truth, I can't be sure.
Sue Grafton quotes: Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them. Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.
Sue Grafton quotes: All you have to do is wait until she's asleep All you have to do is wait until she's asleep
Sue Grafton quotes: wrote him off the day he left and so did Ellen and wrote him off the day he left and so did Ellen and
Sue Grafton quotes: Maturity would have been a big help, but that didn't come until later. Maturity would have been a big help, but that didn't come until later.
Sue Grafton quotes: People get careless when they're feeling safe. People get careless when they're feeling safe.
Sue Grafton quotes: Age plays cruel tricks on the human face; all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask. Age plays cruel tricks on the human face; all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.
Sue Grafton quotes: Unplug yourself often and you risk losing touch with your feelings altogether. Unplug yourself often and you risk losing touch with your feelings altogether.
Sue Grafton quotes: There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death. There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death.
Sue Grafton quotes: Give yourself time to get better. Give yourself time to get better.
Sue Grafton quotes: Life is hard. Life hurts. So what? You tough it out. You get through and then you'll feel good again. Life is hard. Life hurts. So what? You tough it out. You get through and then you'll feel good again.
Sue Grafton quotes: don't mind my asking? don't mind my asking?
Sue Grafton quotes: On the way home, I stopped at the market and stocked On the way home, I stopped at the market and stocked
Sue Grafton quotes: Too much virtue has a corrupting effect. Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.
Sue Grafton quotes: The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not. The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.
Sue Grafton quotes: What was done was done. What was done was done.
Sue Grafton quotes: The world is full of talented people. The world is full of talented people.
Sue Grafton quotes: I didn't take the death-and-dismemberment talk very seriously. Where could you rent a chainsaw at this time of night? I didn't take the death-and-dismemberment talk very seriously. Where could you rent a chainsaw at this time of night?
Sue Grafton quotes: Grief is as contagious as a yawn. Grief is as contagious as a yawn.
Sue Grafton quotes: Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar. Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.
Sue Grafton quotes: Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that. Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.
Sue Grafton quotes: Poise and indifference so often look the same. Poise and indifference so often look the same.
Sue Grafton quotes: I wondered if I'd ever be nice enough to volunteer for anything. I was hoping not. I wondered if I'd ever be nice enough to volunteer for anything. I was hoping not.
Sue Grafton quotes: The tricky part of any lie is trying to figure out how you'd behave if you were innocent. The tricky part of any lie is trying to figure out how you'd behave if you were innocent.
Sue Grafton quotes: Pay enough for anything and it passes for taste. Pay enough for anything and it passes for taste.
Sue Grafton quotes: Sometimes being fooled by love is worth the price. At least you know you're alive and capable of feeling, even if all you end up with is chest pain. Sometimes being fooled by love is worth the price. At least you know you're alive and capable of feeling, even if all you end up with is chest pain.
Sue Grafton quotes: He blinked at me lazily and I blinked back at half speed, an exchange I later learned was called a cat kiss. He blinked at me lazily and I blinked back at half speed, an exchange I later learned was called a cat kiss.
Sue Grafton quotes: I did an about-face and veered into the sandwich shop. What I ordered is none of your business, but it was really good. I did an about-face and veered into the sandwich shop. What I ordered is none of your business, but it was really good.
Sue Grafton quotes: I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form. I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.
Sue Grafton quotes: Dream big but think small. Dream big but think small.
Sue Grafton quotes: Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not. Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.
Sue Grafton quotes: People talk about dysfunctional families; I've never seen any other kind. People talk about dysfunctional families; I've never seen any other kind.
Sue Grafton quotes: The problem with real life is there's no musical score. In movies, you know you're in danger because there's an ominous chord underlining the scene, The problem with real life is there's no musical score. In movies, you know you're in danger because there's an ominous chord underlining the scene,
Sue Grafton quotes: I only get writer's block about once a day. I only get writer's block about once a day.
Sue Grafton quotes: It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat. It's been my observation, after years in the [insurance] business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.
Sue Grafton quotes: Happiness is seasonal, like anything else Happiness is seasonal, like anything else
Sue Grafton quotes: You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself. You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.
Sue Grafton quotes: Any mystery writer is both magician and moralist ... two species of artist in short supply. Any mystery writer is both magician and moralist ... two species of artist in short supply.
Sue Grafton quotes: I don't know much about the Presbyterian faith, but the atmosphere alone was enough to put me off predestination. I don't know much about the Presbyterian faith, but the atmosphere alone was enough to put me off predestination.
Sue Grafton quotes: You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying. You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.
Sue Grafton quotes: You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to. You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to.
Sue Grafton quotes: You can't make someone else do anything, even if you know you're right. You can't make someone else do anything, even if you know you're right.
Sue Grafton quotes: All the little birdies had flown out of this man's tree. All the little birdies had flown out of this man's tree.
Sue Grafton quotes: There's always something else. That's what makes life so much fun. There's always something else. That's what makes life so much fun.
Sue Grafton quotes: The Latin term pro bono, as most attorneys will attest, roughly translated means for boneheads and applies to work done without charge. The Latin term pro bono, as most attorneys will attest, roughly translated means for boneheads and applies to work done without charge.
Sue Grafton quotes: crayon. Age had given his face a softly crayon. Age had given his face a softly
Sue Grafton quotes: We all do things we regret. It's part of growing up. We all do things we regret. It's part of growing up.
Sue Grafton quotes: You never know which people will affect your life. You never know which people will affect your life.
Sue Grafton quotes: People always love it when you say their dogs are nice. Just shows you how out of touch they are. People always love it when you say their dogs are nice. Just shows you how out of touch they are.
Sue Grafton quotes: Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water. Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water.
Sue Grafton quotes: It's hard to keep passing myself off as a grown-up when a piece of me is still six years old and utterly at the mercy of authority. It's hard to keep passing myself off as a grown-up when a piece of me is still six years old and utterly at the mercy of authority.
Sue Grafton quotes: It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else. It is a truth of human nature that we can ponder life's mysteries for only so long before we lose interest and move on to something else.
Sue Grafton quotes: Why is it that other people's plans so often seem ill thought out while our own make so much sense? I Why is it that other people's plans so often seem ill thought out while our own make so much sense? I
Sue Grafton quotes: Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back. Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.
Sue Grafton quotes: Maybe it was time to at least pretend to be a nicer person than i knew i was Maybe it was time to at least pretend to be a nicer person than i knew i was
Sue Grafton quotes: Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it. Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.
Sue Grafton quotes: I tend to place kids in a class with dogs, preferring the quiet, the smart, and the well trained. I tend to place kids in a class with dogs, preferring the quiet, the smart, and the well trained.
Sue Grafton quotes: If you're unhappy, change something. If you're unhappy, change something.
Sue Grafton quotes: Being rule governed, I operate in a world filled with imaginary restraints. Being rule governed, I operate in a world filled with imaginary restraints.
Sue Grafton quotes: There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess. There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.
Sue Grafton quotes: I like lines, I earn mine. I like lines, I earn mine.
Sue Grafton quotes: Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb. Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.
Sue Grafton quotes: You can always push people around, but it's not a good idea. Better to let them volunteer information for reasons of their own. You get more that way. You can always push people around, but it's not a good idea. Better to let them volunteer information for reasons of their own. You get more that way.
Sue Grafton quotes: You can believe anything you like. You can believe anything you like.
Sue Grafton quotes: No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven to achieve anything. No one with a happy childhood ever amounts to much in this world. They are so well adjusted, they never are driven to achieve anything.
Sue Grafton quotes: As it is, we could not call mine a beautiful puss, but it does the job well enough, distinguishing the front of my head from the back. As it is, we could not call mine a beautiful puss, but it does the job well enough, distinguishing the front of my head from the back.
Sue Grafton quotes: When it comes to work, it isn't so much what we do or how much we're paid; it's the satisfaction we take in doing it. When it comes to work, it isn't so much what we do or how much we're paid; it's the satisfaction we take in doing it.
Sue Grafton quotes: It's hard to have faith in your fellow man when you're forced to look at some of his handiwork. It's hard to have faith in your fellow man when you're forced to look at some of his handiwork.
Sue Grafton quotes: The Universe keeps track of our sins and exacts devious and repugnant punishments, like dates with unknown men. The Universe keeps track of our sins and exacts devious and repugnant punishments, like dates with unknown men.
Sue Grafton quotes: Smile. It gives your face something to do. Smile. It gives your face something to do.
Sue Grafton quotes: The struggle is what teaches you. The struggle is what teaches you.
Sue Grafton quotes: If love is what injures us, how can we heal? If love is what injures us, how can we heal?
Sue Grafton quotes: thinks he either kept it in his desk drawer at work or in the glove compartment of his car." Odessa thinks he either kept it in his desk drawer at work or in the glove compartment of his car." Odessa
Sue Grafton quotes: Maybe life is just a straight shot from the horrors of grade school to the horrors of the nursing home. Maybe life is just a straight shot from the horrors of grade school to the horrors of the nursing home.
Sue Grafton quotes: How can you trust someone who doesn't bother to spell correctly or can't manage to lay out a simple declarative sentence? How can you trust someone who doesn't bother to spell correctly or can't manage to lay out a simple declarative sentence?
Sue Grafton quotes: I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities. I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.
Sue Grafton quotes: its embrace. The sky still claims them and we who honor them will hold them dear from this day forward. its embrace. The sky still claims them and we who honor them will hold them dear from this day forward.
Sue Grafton quotes: Four. I checked the other side Four. I checked the other side
Sue Grafton quotes: linen slipcovers, was as white as whole milk. linen slipcovers, was as white as whole milk.
Sue Grafton quotes: Pain was better than anxiety any day of the week and sweat was better than depression. Pain was better than anxiety any day of the week and sweat was better than depression.
Sue Grafton quotes: I figure guys are like Whitman's Samplers. I like to take a little bite out of each and then move on before the whole box gets stale. I figure guys are like Whitman's Samplers. I like to take a little bite out of each and then move on before the whole box gets stale.
Sue Grafton quotes: People can hold out just so long and then they fold. People can hold out just so long and then they fold.
Sue Grafton quotes: It's fun to horse around with danger. It's fun to horse around with danger.
Sue Grafton quotes: Shitting on a mouse is not expressly forbidden under California law. Shitting on a mouse is not expressly forbidden under California law.
Sue Grafton quotes: We understood the consequences of any given action, we could exercise discretion, thus restructuring our fate. We understood the consequences of any given action, we could exercise discretion, thus restructuring our fate.

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