There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
ERICA JONGAllow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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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.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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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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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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