It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Home is where your books are.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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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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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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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