People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
ERICA JONGFear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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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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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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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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The soul is awakened through service.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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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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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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