Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
ERICA JONGFlesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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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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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Home is where your books are.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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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.
ERICA JONG







