Grace Paley
Grace Paley (December 11, 1922 - ) is an American short story writer, poet, and political activist whose work has won a number of awards.
6 Quotes
All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad or peculiar.
— Grace Paley
Well, you have children so you know: little children little troubles, big children big troubles—it’s a saying in Yiddish. Maybe the Chinese said it too.
— Grace Paley
It’s a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time.
— Grace Paley
I don’t believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person’s senses.
— Grace Paley
Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.
— Grace Paley
Thank God for the head. Inside the head is the only place you got to be young when the usual place gets used up.
— Grace Paley