You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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I look forward and see myself look 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 are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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 reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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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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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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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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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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The soul is awakened through service.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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