The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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