My notion of an elegant table is you don't leave the knife sticking out of the mayonnaise jar. Sue Grafton More Quotes by Sue Grafton More Quotes From Sue Grafton Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not. Sue Grafton voice important train If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too. Sue Grafton insult mouths mind 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. Sue Grafton change baby sympathy Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think. Sue Grafton pretending normal thinking Pay enough for anything and it passes for taste. Sue Grafton taste enough pay Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats. Sue Grafton goats sheep ideas 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. Sue Grafton passion fear dark All of us are subjected to somebody else's power at some point. So once in a while you kiss ass. So what? Either you make your peace with that early, or you end up living your life as a crank and a misfit. Sue Grafton ass live-your-life kissing A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused. Sue Grafton minutes should men 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. Sue Grafton hate men fall 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. Sue Grafton opportunity long believe If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them. Sue Grafton girlfriend witty inspiring 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. Sue Grafton dinner police believe I love being single. It's almost like being rich. Sue Grafton being-single rich single God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us. Sue Grafton busybodies want people I've never known anyone yet who doesn't suffer a certain restlessness when autumn rolls around... We're all eight years old again and anything is possible. Sue Grafton autumn eight fall The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same. Sue Grafton nothing-ever-changes hard life-is 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. Sue Grafton brain writing two To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth. Sue Grafton silence mistake men That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you. Sue Grafton luck bears way
