The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGFriends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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Solitude is un-American.
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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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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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