It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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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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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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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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