Anger is really disappointed hope.
ERICA JONGNo one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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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 by exhortation.
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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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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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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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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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It’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.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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