Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
ERICA JONGMemory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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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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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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