We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONGA book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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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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