I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Home is where your books are.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Often I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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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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