Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
ERICA JONGHome is where your books are.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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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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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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