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The struggle is what teaches you.

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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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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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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Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.
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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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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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Age plays cruel tricks on the human face all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.
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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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grief is an illness I can't recover from.
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Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
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People talk about dysfunctional families I've never seen any other kind.
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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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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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