Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
ERICA JONGYou are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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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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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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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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