black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

Related Topics

Also Being Ever Fool Found No One Wisdom

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
ERICA JONG

Exploit Group History Idealize Only Powerless Women
There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
ERICA JONG

Dead Like Loneliness Marriage
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
ERICA JONG

Believe Element Function Our Unhappiness
Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
ERICA JONG

Anything Currency One Remember Show Use Wants Worth
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
ERICA JONG

Come Dog Live Love Loyalty
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.
ERICA JONG

Circle Get Horrible Incomplete Look Lose Older Wonderful
Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
ERICA JONG

Doing Fera Right Sign Something Usually
Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONG

Earth Every Feel Itself Know Orphan Soul
Conflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONG

Conflict Literature Soul
As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
ERICA JONG

Act Age Crumb Disable Little Paranoid Power Utterly Women
It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
ERICA JONG

Easier Joy Pain Wordless Write
What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
ERICA JONG

Daughter Example Exhortation Freedom Give Must Given Something
Because I loved myself, I was loved.
ERICA JONG

Love Loved Myself
A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
ERICA JONG

Expand Nearly New Dog Old replace
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.
ERICA JONG

Actually Believe Courage Cowardice Cynicism Height Innocense Many People Require Result Today
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.
ERICA JONG

Activities Body Creativity Dictator Knowledge Lead Often Own Seen Sex

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes