People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
ERICA JONGPeople always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
ERICA JONGWhy does life need evidence of life?
ERICA JONGIt 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.
ERICA JONGI have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
ERICA JONGNarrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
ERICA JONGBefore things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
ERICA JONGLove is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
ERICA JONGWe were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONGAllow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
ERICA JONGThe truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONGDon’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONGArt is always an energy exchange.
ERICA JONGAs long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
ERICA JONGConflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONGIs perception equivalent to existence?
ERICA JONG