Quotes from Sue Grafton

Give yourself time to get better.

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.

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.

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

So much of the past in encapsulated in the odds and ends. Most of us discard more information about ourselves than we ever care to preserve. Our recollection of the past is not simply distorted by our faulty perception of events remembered but skewed by those forgotten. The memory is like twin orbiting stars, one visible, one dark, the trajectory of what's evident forever affected by the gravity of what's concealed.

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature -- that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

He might be a man without character, but she was a woman without courage. Of the two, which was worse?

People get careless when they're feeling safe.

Missing someone is a vague, unpleasant sensation, like gnawing anxiety. It isn't as concrete as grief, but it's just as pervasive and there's no escaping it.

We all do things we regret. It's part of growing up.

The truth isn't always nice. It isn't always small enough to absorb at once. Sometimes the truth washes over you and threatens to take you right down with it.

Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone.

Life is hard. Life hurts. So what? You tough it out. You get through and then you'll feel good again.

Grief is as contagious as a yawn.

There's always something else. That's what makes life so much fun.

For the record, I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I have a chance to get even first Kinsey Millhone, V is for Vengeance

Life is simple. You're the one making things complex.

I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.

The cold hard truth will fall on stony ground, whereas your all-around trashy rumor will flourish like a weed.

If I'd been listening closely, I'd have caught the sound of the gods having a great big old tee-hee at my expense.

The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.

People make mistakes. People do things they never meant to do.

I like difficulty. It's what makes my job fun.

You can't believe everything you hear. Sometimes, you can't even believe your eyes.