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.
ERICA JONGSouls have neither Sex nor Colour.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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