If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
ERICA JONGIf, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
ERICA JONGFriends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
ERICA JONGTo name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
ERICA JONGWomen are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
ERICA JONGOur empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
ERICA JONGHumor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
ERICA JONGGossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
ERICA JONGEvery time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
ERICA JONGWhat was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
ERICA JONGDivorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
ERICA JONGIf sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
ERICA JONGThey keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
ERICA JONGIf 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.
ERICA JONGCourage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONGPeople are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
ERICA JONGAs long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
ERICA JONG