I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Home is where your books are.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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