Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
ERICA JONGDo you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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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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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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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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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.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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