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Poise and indifference so often look the same.

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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
Actor
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Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Louisville
Kentucky
Sue Taylor Grafton
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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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If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.
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Emotion doesn't travel in a straight line. Like water, our feelings trickle down through cracks and crevices, seeking out the little pockets of neediness and neglect, the hairline fractures in our character usually hidden from public view.
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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.
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