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Sue Grafton is an American author best known for her alphabet series of detective novels. Her works are arranged in alphabetical order from A to Z, with each letter representing a novel featuring a main detective. Grafton's novels are praised for their complex plots, vivid characters, and unique insights into criminal psychology.

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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.”

Humans Play Feelings Age Faces Surface Tricks Visible Mask Repressed Human Faces

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Source: I

“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.”

Littles Character Feelings Water Lines Views Emotion Seeking Pockets Neglect Cracks Straight Lines Fracture Trickle Down Neediness Crevice

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Source: I

“People get careless when they're feeling safe.”

People Feelings Safe Careless

Book:Kinsey Millhone: First Three Novels

Source: Kinsey Millhone: First Three Novels

“Sometimes being fooled by love is worth the price. At least you know you're alive and capable of feeling, even if all you end up with is chest pain.”

Ifs Knows Ends Sometimes Feelings Pain Love Is Alive Capable Chests Fooled

Book:F is for Fugitive

Source: F is for Fugitive

“Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain, suffering, hard work, risk, and fear.”

Writing Hard Feelings Pain Suffering Risk Hard Work Feel Good Agents Publishers Bucks Good Writing Pain Suffering

Author:Sue Grafton

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Born: April 24, 1940
Known for: Author
Quotes: 135

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