We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONGIn a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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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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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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