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.
ERICA JONGThough my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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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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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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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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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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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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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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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