A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
ERICA JONGIs perception equivalent to existence?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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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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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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