It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
ERICA JONGHow could one create life with someone who represented death?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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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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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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 exhortation.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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