Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
ERICA JONGTo name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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