Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
ERICA JONGFlesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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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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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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