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.
ERICA JONGMany 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I’m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho.
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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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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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