272 Quotes by Sue Grafton

I’ve given this a great deal of thought and what I’ve realized is that revenge doesn’t have to be an eye for an eye. Retaliation can take any number of forms. It doesn’t need to be crude or obvious. The point is, the pain should be equivalent; not tit for tat but something comparable.

In my opinion, there’s no condition in life that can’t be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.

Who knows what part we play in other people’s dreams?

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

The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I’d been so busy being a good girl that I’d completely detached from my shadow. It’s something we all have, and it’s where all the creative juices are.

I have friends who adore high heels, but I can’t see the point. I figure if high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them.

The basic characteristics of any good investigator are a plodding nature and infinite patience. Society has inadvertently been grooming women to this end for years.

When all else fails, cleaning house is the perfect antidote to most of life’s ills.

The tricky part of any lie is trying to figure out how you’d behave if you were innocent.