There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
ERICA JONGCreativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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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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Art is always an energy exchange.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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