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.
ERICA JONGI don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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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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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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I 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.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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