It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONGIf we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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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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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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