Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
ERICA JONGOf all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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