It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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Solitude is un-American.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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 by exhortation.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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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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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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