Sue Grafton > Quotes

“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.”
― Sue Grafton, M is for Malice

“Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.”
― Sue Grafton

“You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.”
― Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass

“Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.”
― Sue Grafton

“I love being single. It's almost like being rich.”
― Sue Grafton

“Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.”
― Sue Grafton, I is for Innocent

“It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.”
― Sue Grafton, J is for Judgment

“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them."

"I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly.

"Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied.”
― Sue Grafton, M is for Malice

“I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.”
― Sue Grafton, V is for Vengeance

“There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.”
― Sue Grafton, E is for Evidence

“Except for cases that clearly involve a homicidal maniac, the police like to believe murders are committed by those we know and love, and most of the time they're right - a chilling thought when you sit down to dinner with a family of five. All those potential killers passing their plates.”
― Sue Grafton, A Is for Alibi

“The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.”
― Sue Grafton, J is for Judgment

“Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean there's a point.”
― Sue Grafton, C is for Corpse

“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)”
― Sue Grafton, B is for Burglar

“Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.”
― Sue Grafton, F is for Fugitive

“Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.”
― Sue Grafton, B is for Burglar

“To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.”
― Sue Grafton

“Lucky is the spouse who dies first, who never has to know what survivors endure.”
― Sue Grafton, F is for Fugitive

“Smile. It gives your face something to do.”
― Sue Grafton, E is for Evidence

“You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.”
― Sue Grafton, A Is for Alibi

“It's pitiful to have a life in which junk food is awarded the same high status as sex.”
― Sue Grafton

“A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.”
― Sue Grafton, D is for Deadbeat

“In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.”
― Sue Grafton, Q is for Quarry

“What could smell better than supper being cooked by someone else?”
― Sue Grafton, E is for Evidence

“You never know which people will affect your life.”
― Sue Grafton, D is for Deadbeat

“I hate nature. I really do. Nature is composed entirely of sticks, dirt, fall-down places, biting and stinging things, and savageries too numerous to list. And I'm not the only one who feels this way. Man has been building cities since the year oughty-ought, just to get away from this stuff.”
― Sue Grafton, F is for Fugitive

“If you're unhappy, change something.”
― Sue Grafton, D is for Deadbeat

“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.”
― Sue Grafton, D is for Deadbeat

“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.”
― Sue Grafton

“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.”
― Sue Grafton, F is for Fugitive