The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
ERICA JONGFriends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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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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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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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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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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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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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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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