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.
ERICA JONGYou see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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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 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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Home is where your books are.
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