“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)

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American writer and activist 1922–2007

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