Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
ERICA JONGIf, 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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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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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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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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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Home is where your books are.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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