Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
ERICA JONGThe camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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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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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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