X Quotes

“Memory is subject to a filtering process that we don’t always recognize and can’t always control. We remember what we can bear and we block what we cannot.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“You can’t make someone else do anything, even if you know you’re right.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“To distract myself, I thought about all the cusswords I knew and arranged them in alphabetical order.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“The practice of baring all, analyzing every nuance embedded in a quarrel, is a surefire way to keep an argument alive. Better to establish a temporary peace and revisit the conflict later. Often, by then, both parties have decided the issue isn’t worth the relationship.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“Nothing wrong with being single when you can do as you please without objection or complaint. The presence of the fur ball was icing on the cake.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“Sometimes these kids are ADHD and sometimes not—but they’re always unemotional. They might have tantrums, but what looks like fury is pure manipulation. They have no empathy and they have no desire to please. They don’t care about punishment. They don’t care about other people’s pain and suffering. It just doesn’t interest them.” “You”
― Sue Grafton, X

“When it comes to work, it isn’t so much what we do or how much we’re paid; it’s the satisfaction we take in doing it.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“pretending to do something when you're doing nothing is an art form in itself.”
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“It’s not that gray water’s boring, but the subject does have its limits.”
― Sue Grafton, X

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― Sue Grafton, X

“That’s a worry, now you mention it. I’m not one for needlework, and you can only read so many books before your eyesight fails. Someone suggested volunteer work, but that’s out of the question. I’m accustomed to being paid, and the idea of giving away my time and my skills is an affront. Braver women than I fought decades for equal compensation in the workplace, so why would I undo their accomplishments?”
― Sue Grafton, X

“this is the downside of intuition: when it feels so exactly right, other people’s skepticism is infuriating.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“I can just about promise you Philip Marlowe was never as dainty as I.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“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, X

“Shitting on a mouse is not expressly forbidden under California law.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“Nothing wrong with being single when you can do as you please without objection or complaint.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“Law and order, punishment and fair play, are all on a continuum where there are far more gray stretches than there are black and white.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“clients you’d swear up and down were total, unmitigated slobs, but they’re actually the opposite—so hell-bent on ‘clean and tidy,’ they can’t even start. Rather than fail, they give up. Their standards are so high, they’re overwhelmed before they start. To them, it’s better not even tackling the job.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“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, X

“I left him where he was and went down the hall to the kitchenette, where I picked up the coffeepot and filled it with water. I poured the water into the reservoir and then opened a packet of coffee, the grounds neatly sealed in a filter that I tucked into the basket. I flipped the switch and stood there until I could hear the gurgling begin.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“I should have reminded myself that people willing to cheat a little bit are generally dishonest throughout.”
― Sue Grafton, X

“Just what it said. I left a message telling him I had a garage full of stuff I needed to get rid of. I knew he’d be in the neighborhood the twenty-fourth, so all I had to do was give him my address. I had to be at work, so I put the fifty bucks in an envelope and taped it to the back door. I came home, he’d emptied the garage, and everything looked great.” “So you never actually laid eyes on him and you never got his name?” “I needed the garage cleaned. I wasn’t looking for a friend. What’s the matter with you?”
― Sue Grafton, X

“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, X

“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, X