People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
ERICA JONGWe are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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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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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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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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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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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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