Quotes by Grace Paley, Just As I Thought

“My daughter has pointed out that there were not enough lovejobs to go around in this new world. In any event, I probably learned tolerance, maybe even literary affection for the person in the wrong...”

“I finally understood that I didnt lack pen and paper but my ownmemorizing mind. It had been given away with a hundred poems, calledrote learning, old-fashioned, backward, an enemy of creative think...”

“Remembering is organized for significance (not usefulness)”