Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONGDo all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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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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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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The soul is awakened through service.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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