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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 5c8d3b7 | thinks he either kept it in his desk drawer at work or in the glove compartment of his car." Odessa" | Sue Grafton | ||
| 054fdb2 | All you have to do is wait until she's asleep | Sue Grafton | ||
| a885b3c | There's something inherent in human nature that has us constructing narratives to explain a world that is otherwise chaotic and opaque. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 8e7a2bf | my mother died of an overdose of sleeping pills after extensive surgery so that the cause of death was probably listed as despair. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 042288b | Maybe life is just a straight shot from the horrors of grade school to the horrors of the nursing home. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 2411c66 | The studies I've seen suggest low levels of cortisol, which affects our ability to feel fear. Without fear, they have no concept of consequences." "Does" | Sue Grafton | ||
| 6c43de6 | Contributing to the difference in my attitude was the fact that my rage had begun to bore me, and my long whiny tale of woe had become tedious even to my own ears. As much fun as I'd had being irate, the drama had become repetitive. I could probably still wring sympathy from a stranger, but the recital had taken on a certain rote quality that lacked energy and conviction. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 17ac991 | I'm always aware that under the spritely twitter of birds, bones are being crunched and ribbons of flesh are being stripped away, all of it the work of bright-eyed creatures without feeling or conscience. I don't look to nature for comfort or serenity. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 2c43910 | Springsteen and Julianne Phillips were married. The story moved from Patti Scialfa's early career to her current state of bliss and ended with gushings of the "they were clearly meant for each other" variety. Oh yeah, right. Like that marriage would last. I" | Sue Grafton | ||
| 0055dcc | Whenever Jehovah's Witnesses appear at my door, I always ask for their addresses first thing, assuring them that I'll be around later in the week to plague them with my views. While | Sue Grafton | ||
| cda7f46 | I'm chronically unemployed. Never had a job my whole life. None of my family did. I take that back. Once my daddy was hired on a construction crew for two weeks and two days. He said it was way more work than it paid. He maintained it was just one more way to take advantage of the poor. | Sue Grafton | ||
| f9e93bb | Maturity would have been a big help, but that didn't come until later. | Sue Grafton | ||
| e8cffc9 | was adept, but it had been a while since | Sue Grafton | ||
| c8c50f6 | wrote him off the day he left and so did Ellen and | Sue Grafton | ||
| 7024bff | Here's a tip, Self. Do not argue with a lunatic. Arguing with a lunatic simply ensures that you'll climb into his craziness with him when what you want to do is take a big step back. He | Sue Grafton | ||
| db3a31e | 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. | Sue Grafton | ||
| e1942d7 | 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. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 7b9f39e | I can just about promise you Philip Marlowe was never as dainty as I. | philip-marlowe | Sue Grafton | |
| d716dfb | Being rule-governed, I operate in a world filled with imaginary restraints. I'm happiest when signs are posted. No spitting, no public urination, no walking on the grass. I might not obey, but at least I knew where I stood. | Sue Grafton | ||
| fba8f7d | traffic, but | Sue Grafton | ||
| 317bd9e | i'm happiest when signs are posted--no spitting, no public urination, no walking on the grass. i might not obey but at least i know where i stood. | Sue Grafton | ||
| b012440 | nothing wrong with a lie or two when the situation demanded it | Sue Grafton | ||
| 9fe39ae | One of Henry's many endearing qualities is his interest in matters that are of interest to me. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 725c0c8 | Let's face it, life is trivial, and my guess is that dying imparts very little wisdom on those in process. | wisdom | Sue Grafton | |
| 073b43e | It's hard to have faith in your fellow man when you're forced to look at some of his handiwork. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 37e5ee1 | Unplug yourself often and you risk losing touch with your feelings altogether. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 32dd31d | There's no point to anything if you get right down to it. We could all blow out brains out, but we don't. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 0fb5ca6 | What I wanted was to bang by forehead against the steering wheel till it bled. Maybe the self-inflicted pain would help me clear my thought process. | Sue Grafton | ||
| c90a1b8 | A man in a nylon bikini, with that little knot sticking out in front, isn't half as interesting as a man in a good-looking business suit. Charlie | Sue Grafton | ||
| ee1f17c | He blinked at me lazily and I blinked back at half speed, an exchange I later learned was called a cat kiss. | Sue Grafton | ||
| cc1d8d5 | Essentially we're talking about the buildup of ketones in the blood. Ketones are a type of acid that form when the body breaks down fat for energy. Patients typically have a recent history of binge drinking, little or no food intake, and persistent vomiting. This results in a delay and decrease in insulin secretion and excess glucagon secretion. A lot of hokum here that I'll skip . . . "Basically," | Sue Grafton | ||
| a8b5a4a | Kim Bass, Receptionist, was nowhere to be seen. This was fortunate, as I was so irritated with the way she'd treated me, I might have bitten her on the arm. I'd been a biter as a kid and I can still remember the feel of flesh between my teeth. It's like biting a rubber bathing cap, in case you're curious. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 5352bac | The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 7027854 | perfidy. | Sue Grafton | ||
| f7930e0 | Surely, Hell is your former spouse that close again... flirting with a nurse. | Sue Grafton | ||
| 2eae5bc | At heart, I've always been a pretty little moralist. Private investigation is just my way of acting out. | Sue Grafton | ||
| a81447a | He opened his coat to reveal his badge, but I confess I didn't peer closely enough to commit the number to memory. This | Sue Grafton | ||
| 28ca5df | This was because his badge was attached to his belt in close proximity to his fly, and I didn't want to seem too interested. "Sorry to barge in unannounced," he went on." | Sue Grafton | ||
| 3a31ed8 | I don't know what love is about and I'm not sure I believe in it anyway. | Sue Grafton | ||
| e21ab46 | trail, | Sue Grafton | ||
| 94e8903 | don't mind my asking? | Sue Grafton | ||
| 724abdb | worry about Dawna, we'll keep her out of circulation." Raymond emerged from the master bedroom, pulling his shirt on. He was still barefoot, wearing his wrinkled chinos from the night before." | Sue Grafton | ||
| 3676216 | Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I'd never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was Pete Wolinsky, an unscrupulous private detective I'd met years before through Byrd-Shine Investigations, where I'd served my apprenticeship. I worked for Ben Byrd and Morley Shine for three years, amassing the six thousand hours I needed for my license. The two were old-school private eye.. | Sue Grafton | ||
| d3c7853 | its embrace. The sky still claims them and we who honor them will hold them dear from this day forward. | Sue Grafton |