“If you're feminist, it means that you've noticed that male ownership of the direction of female lives has been the order of the day for a few thousand years, and it isn't natural.” IfsYearsMeanHas BeensOrderNaturalFeminismThousandFemaleMalesFeministSexismOwnershipThousand Years Book:Just As I Thought Source: Just As I Thought
“I don't have any degrees. I went to Hunter College one year and New York University another year. It's just on the basis of my books that I've been hired at any of the places I've been.” YearsBookNew YorkCollegeDegreesBasesUniversityHuntersAnother YearPlaces I've Been Author:Grace Paley
“A lot of sad things have happened to my friends' children, people you knew as babies. They've been killed or become crazy or all kinds of tragic things. There are some people whose children haven't talked to them in fifteen years. There's all kind of meshugaas in this world.” PeopleWorldYearsKindChildrenHappenedCrazyHavensThis WorldBabyMy FriendsAll KindsTragicFifteenFifteen YearsSad Things Author:Grace Paley
“I'm seventy-five now. I also have the peculiar luck of having a sister and brother who are fourteen and sixteen years older than me. Their health is not good. It couldn't be at that age. But their spirits are. Both my brother and my sister are an example to me.” YearsAgeSpiritFiveExampleBrotherLuckMy BrotherPeculiarMy SisterBrothers And SistersSeventiesSixteenFourteen Author:Grace Paley
“I saw my ex-husband in the street. I was sitting on the steps of the new library. Hello, my life, I said. We had once been married for twenty-seven years, so I felt justified. He said, What? What life? No life of mine.” YearsSaidFeltStepsSawsStreetsMinesHusbandMarriedSittingTwentiesSevenLibraryHelloJustifiedExesSeven YearsEx Husband Book:The Collected Stories Source: The Collected Stories
