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If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

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
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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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Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone)
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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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Happiness is seasonal, like anything else
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There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is always alert, assessing reality in terms of its potential for illegal acts.
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What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?
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I hate nature. I really do. Nature is composed entirely of sticks, dirt, fall-down places, biting and stinging things, and savageries too numerous to list. And I'm not the only one who feels this way. Man has been building cities since the year oughty-ought, just to get away from this stuff.
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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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Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.
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I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end result. I don't think you write one book and get anywhere. I think you write five books and then maybe you are finally on the right path.
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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 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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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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You never know which people will affect your life.
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That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.
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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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If you're unhappy, change something.
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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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