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For the record, I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I have a chance to get even first Kinsey Millhone, V is for Vengeance

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
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Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
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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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I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.
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If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.
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I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since.
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Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.
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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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I write because it's all I know how to do. Writing is my anchor and my purpose. My life is informed by writing, whether the work is going well or I'm stuck in the hell of writer's block, which I'm happy to report only occurs about once a day.
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Grieving is like being ill. You think the entire world revolves around you and it doesn't.
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I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.
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any mystery writer is both magician and moralist ... two species of artist in short supply.
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My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar.
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You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.
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Who knows what part we play in other people's dreams?
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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. I don't believe in ghosts, I said, faintly. Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there, she replied.
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My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.
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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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Poise and indifference so often look the same.
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There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death.
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