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.
ERICA JONGThe trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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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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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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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