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Grace Paley

American Writer

Born: Dec 11, 1922

Died: Aug 22, 2007

Life Me People World Writing You

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I often see through things right to the apparition itself. Grace Paley

See Through Itself Often Right Things

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander. Grace Paley

Mind Ten Student Until Began Wander Fantastic Then

I was a woman writing at the early moment when small drops of worried resentment and noble rage were secretly, slowly building into the second wave of the women's movement. I didn't know my small-drop presence or usefulness in this accumulation. Grace Paley

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life. Grace Paley

Life Business Word Divides Divisive Normal Normal Life Professional Professional Life Career

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses. Grace Paley

Believe More Civilization Educate Lot Than Person Senses

I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty. Grace Paley

Past Thirty Write Until Any Fiction

I developed a definition - which I think becomes less and less accurate as poetry moves into the world - that poetry was a way of speaking to the world, but fiction was a way to get the world to speak to me. Grace Paley

Me Speak World Think Way Definition Poetry Developed Becomes Accurate Get Moves Fiction Which Speaking Less

That's the trouble with stories. People start out fantastic. You think they're extraordinary, but it turns out as the work goes along, they're just average with a good education. Grace Paley

Work Education Good You People Trouble Think Extraordinary Out Along Goes Just Stories Fantastic Average Turns Good Education Start

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