Quotes from Sue Grafton

Henry is entirely invented though by now I feel he's as real as anyone I know.

God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.

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.

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.

The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved.

I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks.

Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.

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

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

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.

I love being single. It's almost like being rich.

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.

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.

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.

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.

There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.

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.

The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.

Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean there's a point.

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)

Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.

Insecure people have a special sensitivity for anything that finally confirms their own low opinion of themselves.

To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.