It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
ERICA JONGI see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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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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The soul is awakened through service.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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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.
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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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