The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGLife is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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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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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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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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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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