Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
ERICA JONGIn a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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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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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Solitude is un-American.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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