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Sue Grafton Inspirational Quotes (68)

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A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.
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There was an author who titled his books by days of the weeks and another one that used colors. Then there was Edward Gorey who wrote the book The Gashlycrumb Tinies, about the untimely death of 26 Victorian children, each representing a letter of the alphabet. I thought what a great way to link the titles.
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Age plays cruel tricks on the human face all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.
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Emotion doesn't travel in a straight line. Like water, our feelings trickle down through cracks and crevices, seeking out the little pockets of neediness and neglect, the hairline fractures in our character usually hidden from public view.
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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.
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My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.
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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.
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Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.
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Poise and indifference so often look the same.
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I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page.
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There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death.
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What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?
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If you're unhappy, change something.
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There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.
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The struggle is what teaches you.
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The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I'd been so busy being a good girl that I'd completely detached from my shadow. It's something we all have, and it's where all the creative juices are.
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God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.
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Happiness is seasonal, like anything else
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The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.
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Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.
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Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.
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Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.
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Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.
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