Keeping a journal implies hope.
ERICA JONGWomen are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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