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.
ERICA JONGIt’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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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