We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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