The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGEveryone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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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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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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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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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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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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