Quote by: Grace Paley

My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. If I really knew this language, there would surely be in my head, as there is in Webster's or the Dictionary of American Slang, that unreducible verb designed to tell a person like me what to do next.


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Author Bio


  • NameGrace Paley
  • DescriptionAmerican writer and activist
  • BornDecember 11, 1922
  • DiedAugust 22, 2007
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Teacher