There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
ERICA JONGBefore things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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