Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
ERICA JONGThere are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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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.
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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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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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