Grace Paley
Grace Paley
Grace Paleywas an American short story writer, poet, teacher, and political activist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth11 December 1922
CountryUnited States of America
rising time women
I see women as oppressed, but I don't see them as victims; I see them rising all the time. I see them as very strong.
courage world rage
Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.
world forget sometimes
Sometimes, walking with a friend, I forget the world.
fun lying writing
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.
together sticks should
Women should stick together. Didn’t you learn anything yet?
facts doe hindsight
Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts.
generations next meaning-of-life
For me, the meaning of life is the next generation.
want ifs
If you want to do things, do things.
dream honey know-yourself
Well, by now you must know yourself, honey, whatever you do, life don't stop. It only sits a minute and dreams a dream.
father kids eye
People say, "Why do you call your kids up, why do you worry like that?" And I say, "I was raised like that." My grandmother looked at my father with the same eyes when he was sixty and she was eighty-five.
jokes
A joke is necessary at this time.
long erotic mind
You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing.
goodman
Paul Goodman was not ahead of his time but IN his time.
growing-up sorry eye
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.