Anger is really disappointed hope.
ERICA JONGI don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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Home is where your books are.
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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