I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONGI 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? 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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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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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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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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