Sara Paretsky Quotes

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• There is no frigate like a book and no harbor like a library, where those who love books but can't afford their own complete collections,…
• Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior.
• I'm at the atheist end of the agnostic spectrum.
• The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
• I love to sing. I'm a soprano.
• Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.
• Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories.
• The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.
• White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America.
• Write what you care about.
• Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride…
• The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and…
• I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.
• I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for…
• I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.
• You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country.
• In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that…
• I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.
• I'm a daydreamer.

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