The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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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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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Often I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
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