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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.
Sue Grafton
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Sue Grafton
Age: 77 †
Born: 1940
Born: April 24
Died: 2017
Died: December 28
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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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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'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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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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People in California seem to age at a different rate than the rest of the country. Maybe it's the passion for diet and exercise, maybe the popularity of cosmetic surgery. Or maybe we're afflicted with such a horror of aging that we've halted the process psychically.
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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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If you're unhappy, change something.
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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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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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I write because it's all I know how to do. Writing is my anchor and my purpose. My life is informed by writing, whether the work is going well or I'm stuck in the hell of writer's block, which I'm happy to report only occurs about once a day.
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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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My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.
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Poise and indifference so often look the same.
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You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.
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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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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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School was a source of great suffering to me, but once I learned to read, I disappeared into books, where I was a happy visitor to all the worlds that sprang full-blown from the printed page.
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I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.
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Give yourself time to get better.
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People talk about dysfunctional families I've never seen any other kind.
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