The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGI don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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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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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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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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Art is always an energy exchange.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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The soul is awakened through service.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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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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Home is where your books are.
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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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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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