The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
ERICA JONGI 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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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 by exhortation.
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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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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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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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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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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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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