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Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes

Mine [parents] started out more from scratch, because I’m constantly aware of what they suffered in the war Picture Quote #1

I think it’s one of the reasons I wrote my book later in life. My parents didn’t have these extreme alternations of conduct. They were very sweet to me Picture Quote #1

Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh Picture Quote #1

The irreversibility of time. That’s the hardest thing to accept at our age, that’s the most violent aspect of death Picture Quote #1

Why are there no great women artists?’ sounds as ignorant of human geography as the query ‘Why are there no Eskimo tennis teams? Picture Quote #1

As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they’re just catching on the coattails of the trend Picture Quote #1

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I think we’re much more eager to know about our parents than we were in the seventies Picture Quote #1

I didn’t find this memoir of these two eccentric people so different from doing my memoirs of De Sade or Simone Weil. My parents in their own way are as odd as Sade Picture Quote #1

I think it’s one of the reasons I wrote my book later in life. My parents didn’t have these extreme alternations of conduct. They were very sweet to me Picture Quote #1

All our parents have levels of deviousness. We’re driven to write about this discrepancy between the bright shining selves they invented and the monsters lurking underneath Picture Quote #1

The choice between starving and being eaten is an exotic one Picture Quote #1

Art is both a vengeance against reality and a reconciliation with it Picture Quote #1

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We write out of revenge against reality, to dream and enter the lives of others Picture Quote #1

I shall never cease to marvel at the way we beg for love and tyranny Picture Quote #1

The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation Picture Quote #1

The irreversibility of time. That’s the hardest thing to accept at our age, that’s the most violent aspect of death Picture Quote #1

I venture that those of us who are most serene when faced with the possibility of nothingness are the ones who’ve reached furthest to the downward and upward of their beings Picture Quote #1

Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh Picture Quote #1

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One learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie Picture Quote #1

Only friends will tell you the truths you need to hear to make your life bearable Picture Quote #1

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Mine [parents] started out more from scratch, because I’m constantly aware of what they suffered in the war (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) I think it’s one of the reasons I wrote my book later in life. My parents didn’t have these extreme alternations of conduct. They were very sweet to me. (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh. (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) The irreversibility of time. That’s the hardest thing to accept at our age, that’s the most violent aspect of death. (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) Why are there no great women artists?’ sounds as ignorant of human geography as the query ‘Why are there no Eskimo tennis teams? (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they’re just catching on the coattails of the trend (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) I think we’re much more eager to know about our parents than we were in the seventies (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) I didn’t find this memoir of these two eccentric people so different from doing my memoirs of De Sade or Simone Weil. My parents in their own way are as odd as Sade (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) I think it’s one of the reasons I wrote my book later in life. My parents didn’t have these extreme alternations of conduct. They were very sweet to me (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) All our parents have levels of deviousness. We’re driven to write about this discrepancy between the bright shining selves they invented and the monsters lurking underneath (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) The choice between starving and being eaten is an exotic one (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) Art is both a vengeance against reality and a reconciliation with it (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) We write out of revenge against reality, to dream and enter the lives of others (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) I shall never cease to marvel at the way we beg for love and tyranny (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) The act of nutrition is not a purely physiological event... The family meal is a formality that cultivates in us... a capacity for sharing, generosity, thoughtfulness, a talent for civilized conversation (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) The irreversibility of time. That’s the hardest thing to accept at our age, that’s the most violent aspect of death (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) I venture that those of us who are most serene when faced with the possibility of nothingness are the ones who’ve reached furthest to the downward and upward of their beings (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) Like most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) One learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes) Only friends will tell you the truths you need to hear to make your life bearable (Francine Du Plessix Gray Quotes)