Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONGThe camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
More Erica Jong Quotes
-
-
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
ERICA JONG -
Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
ERICA JONG -
Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
ERICA JONG -
Keeping a journal implies hope.
ERICA JONG -
Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
ERICA JONG -
The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONG -
If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
ERICA JONG -
The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
ERICA JONG -
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.
ERICA JONG -
Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
ERICA JONG -
Because I loved myself, I was loved.
ERICA JONG -
Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
ERICA JONG -
Home is where your books are.
ERICA JONG -
Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
ERICA JONG -
The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
ERICA JONG






