The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
ERICA JONGPerhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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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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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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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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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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The soul is awakened through service.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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