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God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.

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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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Poise and indifference so often look the same.
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If you're unhappy, change something.
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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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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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There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death.
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People talk about dysfunctional families I've never seen any other kind.
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You never know which people will affect your life.
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Lying contains the same hostile elements as a practical joke in that the 'victim' ends up looking foolish in his own eyes and laughable in everyone else's.
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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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Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.
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