That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality. — Grace Paley Amazing book Copy Share Image
People will sometimes say, "Why don't you write more politics?" And I have to explain to them that writing the lives of… — Grace Paley People Copy Share Image
“Since I was a big reader, I might be able to accomplish something. I had no gift. That didn’t mean I must… — Grace Paley Books Copy Share Image
“Still, it is like a long hopeless homesickness my missing those young days. To me, they're like my own place that I… — Grace Paley Age Copy Share Image
This hill crossed with broken pines and maples lumpy with the burial mounds of uprooted hemlocks (hurricane of '38) out of their… — Grace Paley Aspens Copy Share Image
I did write a number of reports on my political experiences, but there were many omissions, and I feel bad about that… — Grace Paley Could have been Copy Share Image
Today's wars are about oil. But alternate energies exist now - solar, wind - for every important energy-using activity in our lives.… — Grace Paley Activity Copy Share Image
The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your… — Grace Paley Breaths Copy Share Image
I see women as oppressed, but I don't see them as victims; I see them rising all the time. I see them… — Grace Paley I see Copy Share Image
The only thing you should have to do is find work you love to do. And I can't imagine living without having… — Grace Paley Cases Copy Share Image
“Air was filtering out of my two collapsing lungs. Water rose, bubbling to enter, and I would have died of instantaneous pneumonia… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
“The abortion isn’t what they(conservative pro-life men of 1940s) are thinking about; they’re really thinking about sex. They’re really thinking about love… — Grace Paley Love Copy Share Image
“Oh no,” she says. Soft because I am the older one, but very strong. (I’ve noticed it. All of a sudden they… — Grace Paley Young people Copy Share Image
Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. — Grace Paley Courage Copy Share Image
“The men don’t like their wives so much. They only get married if it’s a good idea.” Faith” — Grace Paley Faith Copy Share Image
I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander. — Grace Paley Fantastic Copy Share Image
The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life. — Grace Paley Business Copy Share Image
“Edie didn't budge. She leaned her chin on her knees and felt sad. She was a big reader too, but she liked… — Grace Paley Family life Copy Share Image
Most of the Womens Libbers I knew really didnt want to have a piece of the mens pie. They thought that pie… — Grace Paley All kinds Copy Share Image
I lived in a house in the East Bronx, a totally Jewish neighborhood on East 172nd Street. You didn't see Christians much,… — Grace Paley Bronx Copy Share Image
Sometimes you find that what is most personal is also what connects you most strongly with others. — Grace Paley Funny Copy Share Image
There isn't a story written that isn't about blood and money. People and their relationship to each other is the blood, the… — Grace Paley Blood Copy Share Image
