The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
ERICA JONGFame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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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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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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