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.
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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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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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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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If 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.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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