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 JONGYoung people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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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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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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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 trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I’m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho.
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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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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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