I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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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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