“For me, the meaning of life is the next generation.” Life IsNextGenerationsMeaning Of LifeNext Generation Author:Grace Paley
“Every time you finish something ... you figure you've finally learned to write, right? Then you start something else and it turns out you haven't. You have learned how to write that story, or that book, but you haven't learned how to write the next one.” WritingBookStoriesTurnsNextHavensFiguresThe Next One Author:Grace Paley
“I lived in a house in the East Bronx, a totally Jewish neighborhood on East 172nd Street. You didn't see Christians much, although one lived next door. We thought they were kind of a minority.” KindChristianNextHouseDoorsStreetsEastMinoritiesNeighborhoodBronx Author:Grace Paley
“My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. If I really knew this language, there would surely be in my head, as there is in Webster's or the Dictionary of American Slang, that unreducible verb designed to tell a person like me what to do next.” IfsWritingPersonsRealNextLanguageMoralNotesActiveLike MeLimitationUselessJournalVocabularyAdequateDictionaryVerbsSlangMoral LifeKeeping A JournalWriting Notes Book:Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories Source: Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories
“The only thing you should have to do is find work you love to do. And I can't imagine living without having loved a person. A man, in my case. It could be a woman, but whatever. I think, what I always tell kids when they get out of class and ask, 'What should I do now?' I always say, 'Keep a low overhead. You're not going to make a lot of money.' And the next thing I say: 'Don't live with a person who doesn't respect your work.' That's the most important thing—that's more important than the money thing. I think those two things are very valuable pieces of information.” ThinkingMenShouldPersonsI CanTwoImportantKidsNextAsksClassCasesPiecesImagineInformationLowsShould HaveImportant ThingsValuableTwo ThingsLots Of MoneyShould IOverheadWork You Love Author:Grace Paley
