Courage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONGI 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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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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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Solitude is un-American.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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