Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
ERICA JONGAnd what if I don’t want forgiveness?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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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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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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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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In 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.
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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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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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