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.
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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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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