What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
ERICA JONGYoung people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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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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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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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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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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