I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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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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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.
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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 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.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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