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> [Old age is another country, a place of strangeness, sometimes, and dislocation. There's a lot to be done in this country, and a great deal of pleasure there. There are friends, some of whom are sick and needful of you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/old-age-is-another-country-a-place-of-strangeness-sometimes-and/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

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## More by Grace Paley

> [The only recognizable feature of hope is action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/the-only-recognizable-feature-of-hope-is-action/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [“Near home I ran through our park, where I had aired my children on weekends and late-summer afternoons. I stopped at the northeast playground,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/near-home-i-ran-through-our-park-where-i-had-aired-my-children-on/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [Old age is not a good thing. It can be really hard, and those of us who have it a little easier should keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/old-age-is-not-a-good-thing-it-can-be-really-hard-and-those-of-us-who/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [Well, by now you must know yourself, honey, whatever you do, life don't stop. It only sits a minute and dreams a dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/well-by-now-you-must-know-yourself-honey-whatever-you-do-life-don-t/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [“Who cares?' said Judy, who didn't care.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/who-cares-said-judy-who-didn-t-care/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [The women's movement was coming, but I didn't know it in 1956-1957, when I began to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/the-women-s-movement-was-coming-but-i-didn-t-know-it-in-1956-1957/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [A joke is necessary at this time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/a-joke-is-necessary-at-this-time/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [Sometimes, walking with a friend, I forget the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/sometimes-walking-with-a-friend-i-forget-the-world/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [It wasn't until I lived in the countryside that I began to understand the life of the countryside and the people in it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/it-wasn-t-until-i-lived-in-the-countryside-that-i-began-to-understand/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [I've started many novels, and they all ended on page seven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/i-ve-started-many-novels-and-they-all-ended-on-page-seven/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> […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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/i-go-through-a-story-for-lies-i-might-discover-the-lie-of-trying-to/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [I didn't intend. The word "intend" is the wrong word for what I do. It's just that it's something you do, and you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/i-didn-t-intend-the-word-intend-is-the-wrong-word-for-what-i-do-it-s/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [“... plot, the absolute line between two points which I've always despised. Not for literary reasons, but because it takes all hope away. Everyone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/plot-the-absolute-line-between-two-points-which-i-ve-always-despised/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [You come to doing what you do by not being able to do something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/you-come-to-doing-what-you-do-by-not-being-able-to-do-something/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

> [When I was about twenty-one, I published a few poems. Maybe I wrote a couple of stories before, but I really began to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-paley/when-i-was-about-twenty-one-i-published-a-few-poems-maybe-i-wrote-a/)

[Grace Paley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-paley/)

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