Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONGThe truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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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.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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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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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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