Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONGFriends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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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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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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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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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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I’m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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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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