Francine du Plessix Gray Quotes - Page 2

• If I were ever to go mad it would be on Thanksgiving Day, that day of guilt and grace when the family hangs upon you like an ax over a sacrificial victim, like the oven's heat on that poor bird.

  Francine du Plessix Gray

  Thanksgiving, Mad, Bird

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• Lovers, children, heroes, none of them do we fantasize as extravagantly as we fantasize our parents.

  Francine du Plessix Gray

  Children, Hero, Parent

  Francine du Plessix Gray (1983). “World Without End”, Playboy Mass Market Paperbacks

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• The vast Pacific ocean would always remain the islanders' great solace, escape and nourishment, the amniotic fluid that would keep them hedonistic and aloof, guarded, gentle and mysterious.

  Francine du Plessix Gray

  Ocean, Hawaii, Mysterious

  Francine Du Plessix Gray (1972). “Hawaii: The Sugar-Coated Fortress”

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