It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
ERICA JONGImages are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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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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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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