Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
ERICA JONGThe soul is awakened through service.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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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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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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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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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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