The soul is awakened through service.
ERICA JONGCompose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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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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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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