A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
ERICA JONGI don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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