Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
ERICA JONGThe dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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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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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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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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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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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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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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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