Conflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONGI don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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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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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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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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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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