The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
ERICA JONGHome is where your books are.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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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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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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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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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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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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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 by exhortation.
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Home is where your books are.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
ERICA JONG