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.
ERICA JONGI 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Home is where your books are.
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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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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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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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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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