Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
ERICA JONGI 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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