I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
ERICA JONGAmbivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The soul is awakened through service.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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