I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
ERICA JONGJealousy is all the fun you think they had.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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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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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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Home is where your books are.
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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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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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