#pa

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#impulse #pass #second #wait

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#judged #most #pass #seem #their

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#before #center #circumference #must #opportunity

You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#athletic #cannot #children #compare #enjoy

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

#because #busy #dark #dark side #denying

I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every book is different, which takes a hell of a lot of ingenuity on my part. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#books #crank #different #every #formula

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#favorite #first #form #genre #i

I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader learns more about her, but from Kinsey's perspective, only three years have passed while the rest of us have been getting older at a much faster clip. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#been #books #changed #clip #faster

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#any #because #children #complexities #husband

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#execution #goats #ideas #really #separates