Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
ERICA JONGMy 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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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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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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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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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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