Is perception equivalent to existence?
ERICA JONGI am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Home is where your books are.
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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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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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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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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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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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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