We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
ERICA JONGIt is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The soul is awakened through service.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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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.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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