The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
ERICA JONGDivorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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