I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONGSolitude is un-American.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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