I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONGI don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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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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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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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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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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