“There were only three story collections in 35 years, but they made Grace, who died last week at 84, internationally famous. She has been read all over the world, in languages you never heard of, as a master storyteller in the great tradition: People love life more because of her writing. Why? Because no matter how old Paley characters get — especially the women — they remain susceptible to the promise that someone or something is about to round the corner and make them feel again the crazy, wild, sexy excitement of being alive.”