I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
ERICA JONGI have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
ERICA JONGWomen 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.
ERICA JONGNarrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
ERICA JONGMotherhood cannot finally be delegated.
ERICA JONGMemory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
ERICA JONGThe 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.
ERICA JONGAnd the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONGGossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
ERICA JONGWe are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
ERICA JONGA book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
ERICA JONGWe were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONGWhat was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
ERICA JONGHome is where your books are.
ERICA JONGA new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
ERICA JONGFlesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
ERICA JONG