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“You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing.”

Quote by Grace Paley

Book:The Collected Stories

Work

The Collected Stories

This book is a compilation of short stories, showcasing a range of narratives and styles from different authors. more

Author

Grace Paley was an American writer born on December 11, 1922, and passed away on August 22, 2007. Known for her concise language and profound emotional depth, her works primarily focus on family, love, and social issues. more

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“Old age is another country, a place of strangeness, sometimes, and dislocation. There's a lot to be done in this country, and a great deal of pleasure there. There are friends, some of whom are sick and needful of you, as you will be of them someday. The world itself is very beautiful. It's a place where you have a lot to do. But you have to do it knowing that sometimes you will be afraid of this new country.”

World Country Sometimes Done Age Beautiful Pleasure Deals Knowing Sick Old Age Someday Very Beautiful Strangeness Dislocation

Author:Grace Paley

“There isn't a story written that isn't about blood and money. People and their relationship to each other is the blood, the family. And how they live, the money of it.”

People Stories Written Blood

Author:Grace Paley

“Today's wars are about oil. But alternate energies exist now - solar, wind - for every important energy-using activity in our lives. The only human work that cannot be done without oil is war.”

Humans Important War Done Today Energy Our Lives Wind Activity Oil

Author:Grace Paley

“I write for the still, small possibility of justice.”

Writing Stills Justice Possibility

Author:Grace Paley

“I have a basic indolence about me which is essential to writing. ... It's thinking time, it's hanging-out time, it's daydreaming time. You know, it's lie-around-the-bed time, it's sitting-like-a-dope-in-your-chair time. And that seems to me essential to any work.”

Thinking Knows Writing Seems Lying Bed Essentials Sitting Chairs Hanging Out Daydreaming Dope Indolence Bed Time

Book:Conversations with Grace Paley

Source: Conversations with 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.”

Writing Book Stories Turns Next Havens Figures The Next One

Author:Grace Paley

“What we owe men is some freedom from their part in a murderous game in which they kick each other to death with one foot, bracing themselves on our various comfortable places with the other.”

Men Games Feet Comfortable Various Kicks

Author:Grace Paley

“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.”

People Ideas Eye Growing Up Growing Right Now Sorry Right Direction Tapping

Book:Conversations with Grace Paley

Source: Conversations with Grace Paley

“It's a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time.”

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Book:The Collected Stories

Source: The Collected Stories

“No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock.”

Children Jobs Metaphor Nurture Mock Muddy

Book:Begin Again: Collected Poems

Source: Begin Again: Collected Poems