Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
ERICA JONGWe were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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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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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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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