Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
ERICA JONGIt’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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