Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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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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Women 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.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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