The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGThe soul is awakened through service.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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