We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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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Solitude is un-American.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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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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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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