The soul is awakened through service.
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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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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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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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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