The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGIt’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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