All Francine du Plessix Gray Quotes
- The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity,… Act
- Only friends will tell you the truths you need to hear to make your life bearable. Bearable
- I shall never cease to marvel at the way we beg for love and tyranny. Beg
- We write out of revenge against reality, to dream and enter the lives of others. Dream
- Oh, save me God, but not quite yet. Funny
- I write because in the act of creation there comes that mysterious, abundant sense of being both parent and child; I am giving birth to… Abundant
- One learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie. Deeper
- Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh. Dramatic
- The spiritual destiny of Hawaii has been shaped by a Calvinist theory of paternalism enacted by the descendants of the missionaries who had carried it… Been