Francine du Plessix GrayThe 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 fo… ▶351Thought
Francine du Plessix GrayI write because in the act of creation there comes that mysterious, abundant sense of being both parent and child; I am giving birth to an Other and simultaneously being reborn as… ▶379Love
Francine du Plessix GrayWe write out of revenge against reality, to dream and enter the lives of others.295Truth
Francine du Plessix GrayLike most writers I know, I love being on stage. I’ve sublimated the dramatic urge by teaching and by making people laugh.202HumanityHumorLove
Francine du Plessix GrayOne learns much more by writing fiction, because the insights come from those deeper subconscious levels where the greater and more interesting truths lie.162Truth
Francine du Plessix GrayOnly friends will tell you the truths you need to hear to make your life bearable.174LifeTruth
Francine du Plessix GrayThe spiritual destiny of Hawaii has been shaped by a Calvinist theory of paternalism enacted by the descendants of the missionaries who had carried it there: a will to do good for… ▶229Thought
Francine du Plessix GrayI shall never cease to marvel at the way we beg for love and tyranny.2110Love
Francine du Plessix GrayOh, save me God, but not quite yet. ✨ Francine du Plessix Gray (1981). World without end: a novel, Simon & Schuster188Reading
