I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
ERICA JONGI want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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Home is where your books are.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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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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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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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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