Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
ERICA JONGThere is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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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 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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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