Quotes About Millhone

#1. The critical lessons in life hold sway whether you like it or not.

Sue Grafton

#2. We bask in the scent of cinnamon before
Mom puts a scone her plate.
'His name is Rich,' she says.
I select a scone too.
'I like a man with an adjective for a name.

Kelly Bingham

#3. One time my mom tried to send me to my room for a time-out when I was 5 or 6, and I was like, "Fine! I like my room! All my imagination and toys are in my room!" I will never forget that. And she will never forget that.

Elizabeth Olsen

#4. Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off
especially men. (Kinsey Millhone)

Sue Grafton

#5. Maybe it was time to at least pretend to be a nicer person than i knew i was

Sue Grafton

#6. For the record, I'd like to say that I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I have a chance to get even first
Kinsey Millhone, V is for Vengeance

Sue Grafton

#7. I wondered if I'd ever be nice enough to volunteer for anything. I was hoping not.

Sue Grafton

#8. Kinsey Millhone is a female Sam Spade; a thorough professional, a loner, clear-headed and unsentimental.

Lucille Kallen

#9. I pictured a section of the ladies' auxiliary cookbook for Sudden Death Quick Snacks ... Using ingredients one could keep on the pantry shelf in the event of tragedy.

Sue Grafton

#10. To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away,

Vikram Seth

#11. 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

#12. Personally I don't endorse the notion of mortality. It's fine for other folk, but I disapprove of the concept for me and my loved ones. Seems unfair that we're not allowed to vote on the matter and not one of us is excused. Who made up that rule? - Kinsey Millhone

Sue Grafton

#13. I showered and shampooed. I even shaved the requisite legs and armpits just in case I fell in a swoon and one or the other was exposed to view. (Kinsey Millhone)

Sue Grafton

#14. Once upon a time, I'd come close to being killed in the big trash bin outside. This counts as nostalgia for someone like me (p. 317).
Kinsey Millhone in V is for Vengeance

Sue Grafton

#15. keep bees and grow asparagus.
listen to the wind
instead of the politicians,
make up your own stories
and believe them if you want to live
the good life

Miriam Waddington

#16. There is soul music, soul food, and soul love ...

Dalai Lama

#17. While I'm not a big fan of nature, its intractability amuses me to no end. (Kinsey Millhone)

Sue Grafton

#18. I think Americans really need to start thinking globally. As resources become more dear, we will be pulled closer to the rest of the world anyway.

Henry Rollins

#19. C'est moi, c'est moi,'tis I,' I told him. It seemed appropriately melodramatic, though I didn't know if he'd catch the reference. I shouldn't have worried.
Unexpectedly, he laughed. Trust you to quote Lancelot rather than Guinevere.

Patricia Briggs

#20. I didn't take the death-and-dismemberment talk very seriously. Where could you rent a chainsaw at this time of night?

Sue Grafton

#21. I did an about-face and veered into the sandwich shop. What I ordered is none of your business, but it was really good.

Sue Grafton

#22. Built into bad news is that sense of profound disbelief. The mind struggles to absorb the bare facts, defending itself against the larger implications.

Sue Grafton

#23. The time has come for humanity to hoist the standard of the oneness of the human world, so that dogmatic formulas and superstitions may end.

Abdu'l- Baha

#24. Ink is forever. So is love.

Ranae Rose

#25. Grief is as contagious as a yawn.

Sue Grafton

#26. If you or I ever really accepted the moral responsibility for what we've done in our lifetime - we'd drop dead or go mad. Living creatures weren't made to understand what they do.

Philip K. Dick

#27. I am careful
with whom I spend my time.
I surround myself only
with those who encourage
and uplift me.

Human Angels

#28. My mother, R. Rajalakshmi, taught at Annamalai University in Chidambaram, and during the day, I was well cared for by aunts and grandparents in the usual way of an extended Indian family.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

#29. panic inspires gross errors in judgement (Kinsey Millhone)

Sue Grafton