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.
ERICA JONGThe parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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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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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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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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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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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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