Grace Paley: Kindness

Grace Paley was American writer and activist. Explore interesting quotes on kindness.

Grace Paley: 62 quotes 1 like

“My last girl was Jewish, which is often a warm kind of girl, concerned about food intake and employability. They don't like you to work too hard, I understand, until you're hooked and then, you bastard, sweat!”

Grace Paley

"The Contest" (1959)

Food , Girl , Understanding

“I thank you, Papa, for your kindness. It is true about me to this day. I am foolish but I am not a fool.”

Grace Paley

"The Loudest Voice" (1959)

Fools

“I thought of praying for divine guidance in line with the great spiritual renaissance of our time. But I am all thumbs in that kind of deciduous conversation. I asked myself, did I, as God's creature under the stars, have the right to evade an event, a factual occurrence, to parry an experience or even a small peradventure.”

Grace Paley

"An Irrevocable Diameter" (1959)

God , Star , Time

“With a few grasping, kind words and a modern gimmick, she hoped to breathe eternity into a mortal matter, love.”

Grace Paley

"The Contest" (1959)

Love , Hope