Edith Konecky Quotes

United States, Novelist
August 1, 1922 – March, 28, 2019.

Edith Konecky born was an Jewish American feminist novelist who, despite a relatively small body of work, can lay claim to a large literary achievement with Allegra Maud Goldman , a coming-of-age novel that chronicles the growth of a young female artist.

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

Edith Konecky
- Grandma
- Ethnic
I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.

Edith Konecky
- Forget
- Memory

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

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

Edith Konecky
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
- Family
- Rocks
- Grandma
I suppose I ought to describe my father, but it isn't easy. Sometimes over the years he seemed one thing and sometimes another. He was a good-looking man, strong and ruddy. When I was little he seemed tall to me, but by the time I was thirteen he had become medium.

Edith Konecky