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Grace Paley Quotes

I loved the comradeship of the sixties and the seventies, and I still maintain friendships with the people I worked with then - the ones that are still alive. That’s one of the great gifts of our political movements, great friendships . . . and also a few enmities Picture Quote #1

I’m really sorry for people growing up right now, because they have some cockeyed idea that they can get by with their eyes closed; the cane they’re tapping is money, and that won’t take them in the right direction Picture Quote #1

No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock Picture Quote #1

It’s a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time Picture Quote #1

I often see through things right to the apparition itself Picture Quote #1

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander Picture Quote #1

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Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world Picture Quote #1

There is a long time in me between knowing and telling Picture Quote #1

Everyone, real or invented, deserves the open destiny of life Picture Quote #1

Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write Picture Quote #1

Write from what you know into what you don’t know Picture Quote #1

Women should stick together. Didn’t you learn anything yet? Picture Quote #1

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The wrong word is like a lie jammed inside the story Picture Quote #1

Art is too long, and life is too short Picture Quote #1

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world Picture Quote #1

What we owe men is some freedom from their part in a murderous game in which they kick each other to death with one foot, bracing themselves on our various comfortable places with the other Picture Quote #1

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar Picture Quote #1

I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it’s a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads Picture Quote #1

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I don’t believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person’s senses Picture Quote #1

I’m really sorry for people growing up right now, because they have some cockeyed idea that they can get by with their eyes closed; the cane they’re tapping is money, and that won’t take them in the right direction Picture Quote #1

There isn’t a story written that isn’t about blood and money. People and their relationship to each other is the blood, the family. and how they live, the money of it Picture Quote #1

... People will sometimes say, why don’t you write more politics? and I have to explain to them that writing the lives of women is politics Picture Quote #1

…I go through a story for lies. I might discover the lie of trying to show off. Sometimes they’re lies of character. Sometimes they are lies of writing the most beautiful sentence in the world that has nothing to do with the story Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you find that what is most personal is also what connects you most strongly with others Picture Quote #1

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Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That’s why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog Picture Quote #1

That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality Picture Quote #1

The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don’t live with a lover or roommate who doesn’t respect your work. Don’t lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write Picture Quote #1

If you’re feminist, it means that you’ve noticed that male ownership of the direction of female lives has been the order of the day for a few thousand years, and it isn’t natural Picture Quote #1

Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts Picture Quote #1

I might write four lines or I might write twenty. I subtract and I add until I really hit something I want to do. You don’t always whittle down, sometimes you whittle up Picture Quote #1

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I loved the comradeship of the sixties and the seventies, and I still maintain friendships with the people I worked with then - the ones that are still alive. That’s one of the great gifts of our political movements, great friendships . . . and also a few enmities. (Grace Paley Quotes) I’m really sorry for people growing up right now, because they have some cockeyed idea that they can get by with their eyes closed; the cane they’re tapping is money, and that won’t take them in the right direction. (Grace Paley Quotes) No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock (Grace Paley Quotes) It’s a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time (Grace Paley Quotes) I often see through things right to the apparition itself (Grace Paley Quotes) I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander (Grace Paley Quotes) Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world (Grace Paley Quotes) There is a long time in me between knowing and telling (Grace Paley Quotes) Everyone, real or invented, deserves the open destiny of life (Grace Paley Quotes) Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write (Grace Paley Quotes) Write from what you know into what you don’t know (Grace Paley Quotes) Women should stick together. Didn’t you learn anything yet? (Grace Paley Quotes) The wrong word is like a lie jammed inside the story (Grace Paley Quotes) Art is too long, and life is too short (Grace Paley Quotes) Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world (Grace Paley Quotes) What we owe men is some freedom from their part in a murderous game in which they kick each other to death with one foot, bracing themselves on our various comfortable places with the other (Grace Paley Quotes) All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar (Grace Paley Quotes) I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it’s a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads (Grace Paley Quotes) I don’t believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person’s senses (Grace Paley Quotes) I’m really sorry for people growing up right now, because they have some cockeyed idea that they can get by with their eyes closed; the cane they’re tapping is money, and that won’t take them in the right direction (Grace Paley Quotes) There isn’t a story written that isn’t about blood and money. People and their relationship to each other is the blood, the family. and how they live, the money of it (Grace Paley Quotes) ... People will sometimes say, why don’t you write more politics? and I have to explain to them that writing the lives of women is politics (Grace Paley Quotes) …I go through a story for lies. I might discover the lie of trying to show off. Sometimes they’re lies of character. Sometimes they are lies of writing the most beautiful sentence in the world that has nothing to do with the story (Grace Paley Quotes) Sometimes you find that what is most personal is also what connects you most strongly with others (Grace Paley Quotes) Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That’s why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog (Grace Paley Quotes) That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality (Grace Paley Quotes) The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don’t live with a lover or roommate who doesn’t respect your work. Don’t lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write (Grace Paley Quotes) If you’re feminist, it means that you’ve noticed that male ownership of the direction of female lives has been the order of the day for a few thousand years, and it isn’t natural (Grace Paley Quotes) Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts (Grace Paley Quotes) I might write four lines or I might write twenty. I subtract and I add until I really hit something I want to do. You don’t always whittle down, sometimes you whittle up (Grace Paley Quotes)

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