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If you're unhappy, change something.
Sue Grafton
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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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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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grief is an illness I can't recover from.
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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.
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Poise and indifference so often look the same.
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Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.
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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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Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.
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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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School was a source of great suffering to me, but once I learned to read, I disappeared into books, where I was a happy visitor to all the worlds that sprang full-blown from the printed page.
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God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.
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I only get writer's block about once a day.
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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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It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.
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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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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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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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People talk about dysfunctional families I've never seen any other kind.
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What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?
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Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.
Sue Grafton
Who knows what part we play in other people's dreams?
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