It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
ERICA JONGAs women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Home is where your books are.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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