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Edith Konecky Quotes

If Grandma Goldman ever smiled, she must have done it in the bathroom with the door locked. She had been the undisputed head of her own family, ruling with an iron hand and a mouth full of rocks.

If Grandma Goldman ever smiled, she must have done it in the bathroom with the door locked. She had been the undisputed head of her own family, ruling with an iron hand and a mouth full of rocks.

Edith Konecky
Grandma, Rocks, Doors
Edith Konecky, Alix Kates Shulman, Tillie Olsen (2001). “Allegra Maud Goldman”, p.118, Feminist Press at CUNY

my mother insisted that I had to try things on to make sure they were becoming. Becoming what, I always asked.

Edith Konecky
Mother, Clothes, Trying
Edith Konecky, Alix Kates Shulman, Tillie Olsen (2001). “Allegra Maud Goldman”, p.107, Feminist Press at CUNY

My parents professed to believe in God, but I rarely heard his name mentioned unattached to 'damn' or 'sakes' or 'willing.

Edith Konecky
God, Believe, Names

If it hadn't been for Grandma, we'd have had no ethnic tone at all.

Edith Konecky
Grandma, Grandparent, Tone
Edith Konecky, Alix Kates Shulman, Tillie Olsen (2001). “Allegra Maud Goldman”, p.8, Feminist Press at CUNY

I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.

Edith Konecky
Memories, Never Forget, Oxymoron
Edith Konecky, Alix Kates Shulman, Tillie Olsen (2001). “Allegra Maud Goldman”, p.4, Feminist Press at CUNY

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