It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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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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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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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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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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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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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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