I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONGI 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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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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Home is where your books are.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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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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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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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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