Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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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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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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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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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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