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.
ERICA JONGTake your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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