What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
ERICA JONGDriving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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