I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
ERICA JONGOur empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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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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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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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.
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Solitude is un-American.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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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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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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The soul is awakened through service.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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