It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
ERICA JONGIf 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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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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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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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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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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The soul is awakened through service.
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