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.
ERICA JONG
How could one create life with someone who represented death?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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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 don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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