I look forward and see myself look back.
ERICA JONGHow wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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 by exhortation.
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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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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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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