The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
ERICA JONGI 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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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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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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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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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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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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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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