The soul is awakened through service.
ERICA JONGCourage is the only Magic worth having.
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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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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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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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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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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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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