We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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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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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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