Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
ERICA JONGMotherhood cannot finally be delegated.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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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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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 look forward and see myself look back.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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 camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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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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