We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONGAnger is really disappointed hope.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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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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