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You become a writer because you need to become a writer - nothing else.
Grace Paley
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Grace Paley
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 11
Died: 2007
Died: August 21
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I saw my ex-husband in the street. I was sitting on the steps of the new library. Hello, my life, I said. We had once been married for twenty-seven years, so I felt justified. He said, What? What life? No life of mine.
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In the end, long life is the reward, strength, and beauty.
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I liked the education. I liked people learning things all around me and I liked going to people's classes.
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I should have written more. I should have written more during the period when I just liked so much doing the political work in the streets.
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My mother went to demonstrations. I remember her going to a big demonstration for Earl Brower and she came home crying and said the Communists were very mean and booed their people. I remember feeling sad at her feeling sad.
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