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.
ERICA JONGI am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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