Anger is really disappointed hope.
ERICA JONGIt’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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