Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
ERICA JONGMy reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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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 you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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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.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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