The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
ERICA JONGIt’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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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 exhortation.
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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