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.
ERICA JONGThough my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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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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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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