Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
ERICA JONG
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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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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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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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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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