Quotes from Sue Grafton

Vegas tends to affect me that way, some combination of tension and dread to which my body responds with all the symptoms of incipient flu.

crayon. Age had given his face a softly

I was tired, and the residual pain from my injuries was like a slow leak from a tire, depleting. Over the course of the day, I could feel myself go flat.

what you're so worried

Then I mouthed the sweetest four words in the English language: I told you so.

Death always leaves unfinished business in its wake, mysteries beyond fathoming, countless unanswered questions amid the detritus of life. All the stories forgotten, the memories lost.

believe I lasted three Sundays before my aunt was asked to take me down the street to the Presbyterians.

thinks he either kept it in his desk drawer at work or in the glove compartment of his car." Odessa

Why is it that other people's plans so often seem ill thought out while our own make so much sense? I

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

She was pissing me off and I found myself using a mild, deadly tone. "Age doesn't matter. Bobby's dead now. He's older than God. He's as old as anybody's ever going to get.

Sometimes I stand in the bathtub, elbows resting on the sill, and stare at passing cars, just thinking how lucky I am. I love being single. It's almost like being rich. I

All you have to do is wait until she's asleep

there are times when an old rule should be abandoned or a current rule should not be applied.

I like lines, I earn mine.

There's something inherent in human nature that has us constructing narratives to explain a world that is otherwise chaotic and opaque.

Get old, you might as well not worry about your dignity. Anybody talks about dignity for old folks has never been around one as far as I can tell. You can keep your spunk, but you have to give up your vanity early on.

A woman of contradictions . Forthright and secretive in the same breath.

It seemed odd that in Henry's company I'd felt nothing while there, but in the face of Betsy Bowers's cold authority, all my unprocessed sorrow was surfacing. I took

I can just about promise you Philip Marlowe was never as dainty as I.

Family's tough. It's like walking through a minefield, hoping you won't get blown to bits

about Abbie's deception. People did you in. People turned on you in a heartbeat

Instead of learning the rules, she'd learned to disappear.

Climp. After Sloan's death, the two boys decided to move in with their dad. Joey was in the same graduating class she was. His brother