The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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