Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
ERICA JONGThere is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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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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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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