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.
ERICA JONGLife has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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.
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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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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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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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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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