Courage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONGConflict is the soul of literature.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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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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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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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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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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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
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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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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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