There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
ERICA JONGSolitude is un-American.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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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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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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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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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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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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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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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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