The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONGYou see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Keeping a journal implies 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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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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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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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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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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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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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