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 JONGWhy does life need evidence of life?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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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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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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