Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
ERICA JONGThe words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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