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.
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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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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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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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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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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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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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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