Because I loved myself, I was loved.
ERICA JONGIf you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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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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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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