And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
ERICA JONGI have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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