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 JONGThere is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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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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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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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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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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