It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
ERICA JONGHome is where your books are.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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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 vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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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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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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