Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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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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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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Home is where your books are.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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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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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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The 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.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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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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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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