Courage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONGThe words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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 nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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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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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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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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Solitude is un-American.
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