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Sue Taylor Grafton (April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017) was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the “alphabet series” ( “A” Is for Alibi , etc.) featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W. Grafton, she said the strongest influence on her crime novels was author Ross MacDonald. Before her success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies.
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“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.
“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.”
“Thinking is hard work, which is why you don’t see many people doing it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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“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.
“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.”
“Thinking is hard work, which is why you don’t see many people doing it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
