Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
ERICA JONGSouls have neither Sex nor Colour.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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