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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
Actor
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
Unhappy
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Something

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God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.
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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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You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.
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If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.
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You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.
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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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There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.
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