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> [“...in Aristotle...leisure is a far more noble, spiritual goal than work...leisure is pursued solely for its own sake...: the pleasures of music and poetry, ... conversation with friends, and ...gratuitous, playful speculation. In Latin, the ultimate good is otium —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/in-aristotle-leisure-is-a-far-more-noble-spiritual-goal-than-work/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

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## More by Francine du Plessix Gray

> [“A heart of fire in a shell of ice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/a-heart-of-fire-in-a-shell-of-ice/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [I think it's one of the reasons I wrote my book later in life. My parents didn't have these extreme alternations of conduct. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/i-think-it-s-one-of-the-reasons-i-wrote-my-book-later-in-life-my/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [The choice between starving and being eaten is an exotic one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/the-choice-between-starving-and-being-eaten-is-an-exotic-one/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [“Ah women, women, my life's plague and chief delight!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/ah-women-women-my-life-s-plague-and-chief-delight/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [All our parents have levels of deviousness. We're driven to write about this discrepancy between the bright shining selves they invented and the monsters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/all-our-parents-have-levels-of-deviousness-we-re-driven-to-write/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [Oh, save me God, but not quite yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/oh-save-me-god-but-not-quite-yet/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [I write because in the act of creation there comes that mysterious, abundant sense of being both parent and child; I am giving birth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/i-write-because-in-the-act-of-creation-there-comes-that-mysterious/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [“...in Aristotle...leisure is a far more noble, spiritual goal than work...leisure is pursued solely for its own sake...: the pleasures of music and poetry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/in-aristotle-leisure-is-a-far-more-noble-spiritual-goal-than-work/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [The irreversibility of time. That's the hardest thing to accept at our age, that's the most violent aspect of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/the-irreversibility-of-time-that-s-the-hardest-thing-to-accept-at-our/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [Americans and their desire to be novelists, the American novel should be listed in medical dictionaries alongside Megalomania and Obsessional Neuroses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/americans-and-their-desire-to-be-novelists-the-american-novel-should/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [We write out of revenge against reality, to dream and enter the lives of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/we-write-out-of-revenge-against-reality-to-dream-and-enter-the-lives/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [I think we're much more eager to know about our parents than we were in the seventies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/i-think-we-re-much-more-eager-to-know-about-our-parents-than-we-were/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [one forgives parents as naturally as one emancipates oneself from them - usually shortly afterward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/one-forgives-parents-as-naturally-as-one-emancipates-oneself-from/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [I venture that those of us who are most serene when faced with the possibility of nothingness are the ones who've reached furthest to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/i-venture-that-those-of-us-who-are-most-serene-when-faced-with-the/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

> [Why are there no great women artists?' sounds as ignorant of human geography as the query 'Why are there no Eskimo tennis teams?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/why-are-there-no-great-women-artists-sounds-as-ignorant-of-human/)

[Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/)

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