Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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 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.
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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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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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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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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