Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
ERICA JONGMany people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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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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Why does life need evidence of life?
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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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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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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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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