Why does life need evidence of life?
ERICA JONGThere is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
ERICA JONGSouls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Often I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
ERICA JONGOften I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
ERICA JONGBreast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
ERICA JONGLove is love, but marriage is an investment.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
ERICA JONGPeople are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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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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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
ERICA JONGThere are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
ERICA JONGThe trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
ERICA JONGThe parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
ERICA JONGAllow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
ERICA JONGTo name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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Solitude is un-American.
ERICA JONGSolitude is un-American.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
ERICA JONGArt is always an energy exchange.
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