Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
ERICA JONGPeople are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any 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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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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How 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.
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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 trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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