There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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