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There is no sound so terrible as a man's sorrow for his own death.

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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
Sorrow
Terrible
Sound
Death
Men

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All of us are subjected to somebody else's power at some point. So once in a while you kiss ass. So what? Either you make your peace with that early, or you end up living your life as a crank and a misfit.
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My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.
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Grade school was perilous. ... I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both.
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I've never known anyone yet who doesn't suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around... We're all eight years old again and anything is possible.
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Poise and indifference so often look the same.
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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.
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What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?
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You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to.
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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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If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.
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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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The struggle is what teaches you.
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Who knows what part we play in other people's dreams?
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The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.
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There are days when none of us can bear it, but the good comes around again. Happiness is seasonal, like anything else. Wait it out. There are people who love you. People who can help.
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If you're unhappy, change something.
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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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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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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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