Old age is not a good thing. It can be really hard, and those of us who have it a little easier should keep in mind that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are not as well off.
Grace PaleyBut what's a writer for? The whole point is to put yourself into other lives, other heads-writers have always done that. If you screw up, so someone will tell you, that's all.
Grace PaleyMy vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life.
Grace Paley