It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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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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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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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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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