Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONGDon’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONGAlways do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
ERICA JONGLife is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
ERICA JONGThe trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
ERICA JONGFreedom 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.
ERICA JONGBecause I loved myself, I was loved.
ERICA JONGOur empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
ERICA JONGA book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
ERICA JONGIs perception equivalent to existence?
ERICA JONGThe parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
ERICA JONGHumor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
ERICA JONGIs a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
ERICA JONGIt is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
ERICA JONGCompose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
ERICA JONGBetrayal betrays the betrayer.
ERICA JONGAnd what if I don’t want forgiveness?
ERICA JONG