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.
ERICA JONGI see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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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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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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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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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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