Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
ERICA JONGAnd the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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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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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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 exhortation.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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Home is where your books are.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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