Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
ERICA JONGI look forward and see myself look back.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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