And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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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