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Sara Paretsky

"I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time."

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"I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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"I find beauty in every sacred moment."

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"Better to be dirty than dead."

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"To get matured, you must have an education in the School of Solitude!"

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"In silence we are loving and kind, in a crowd we become blind."

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"Happiness is not defined by how much money you possess."

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"I am giving my all in all to the sacred moments."

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"The best things in life are the things that we cannot buy with money."

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"There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be."

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"Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior."
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"Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel."
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"I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming."
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"Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed."
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"I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life."
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"I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book."
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"I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11."
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"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 time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women."
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"I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues."
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"I live and die with the Chicago Cubs."
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