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Famous Sue Grafton Quotes
“There's nothing quite as irksome as someone else's mess.”
“My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.”
“You can't make anyone love you and you can't stop anyone from dying.”
“Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.”
“Grief is as contagious as a yawn.”
“My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar.”
“Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.”
“Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.”
“In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.”
“To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.”
“I love being single. It's almost like being rich.”
“The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.”
“What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?”
“You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.”
“People get careless when they're feeling safe.”
“Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean there's a point.”
“If you're unhappy, change something.”
“You never know which people will affect your life.”
“Smile. It gives your face something to do.”