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Erica Jong Quotes

Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared Picture Quote #1

Certain very old people reach an age where every funeral becomes some sort of insane confirmation of strength, rather than of vulnerability, as it is when we are in our thirties or forties and our friends die Picture Quote #1

Poems, like dreams, are a sort of royal road to the unconscious. They tell you what your secret self cannot express Picture Quote #1

I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark Picture Quote #1

Poetry is the inner life of a culture, its nervous system, its deepest way of imagining the world. A culture that ignores its poets, chokes off its nervous system and becomes mortally ill Picture Quote #1

Mediocre prose might be read as an escape, might be spoken on television by actors, or mouthed in movies. But mediocre poetry did not exist at all. If poetry wasn’t good, it wasn’t poetry. It was that simple Picture Quote #1

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Each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person’s Picture Quote #1

In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right Picture Quote #1

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. It seems to hammer you into the ground. It drives you deeper and deeper into your own guilt. It makes the voices inside your head accuse you more viciously than any outside voices ever could Picture Quote #1

We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow Picture Quote #1

What storyteller is adequate to her story? The story carries us along, bottles on the tide, each with our secret mesage and the fervent hope that it does not turn out to be blank Picture Quote #1

Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war Picture Quote #1

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If there’s anything the world disdains more than uppity young women, it’s uppity old women. Dying young has always been a woman’s best career move Picture Quote #1

Men must be stripped of arrogance and women must become independent for any mutually nurturing alliance to endure between the sexes Picture Quote #1

I am never so calm as after I have written. And the next morning I will feel the familiar anxiety and I will have to begin the process all over again Picture Quote #1

Writers are always at the edge of the inferno, and the fire is licking at our toes. Luckily, this turns us on! Picture Quote #1

Writers tend to be addicted to houses... We work at home, indulging the agoraphobia endemic to our kind. We are immersed in our surroundings to an almost morbid degree Picture Quote #1

It is not unusual to hate great writers before we learn to love them. Because they have created something that did not yet exist, they must also create their audience. Sometimes the audience is not yet ready. Sometimes it has yet to be born Picture Quote #1

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What a damnably lonely profession writing is! In order to do it, one must banish the world, and having banished it, one feels cosmically alone Picture Quote #1

Writing has often been accompanied by terror, silences, and then wild bursts of private laughter that suddenly make all the dread seem worthwhile Picture Quote #1

We’ve lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars Picture Quote #1

Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for Picture Quote #1

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame Picture Quote #1

I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you Picture Quote #1

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Everyone’s a little crazy when you get inside their head... it’s only a matter of degree Picture Quote #1

As a seasoned insomniac, I knew sometimes the way to beat sleeplessness was to outwit it: to pretend you didn’t care about sleeping. Then sometimes sleep became piqued, like a rejected lover, and crept up to try to seduce you Picture Quote #1

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we’re ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep Picture Quote #1

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets Picture Quote #1

Feminism is teaching. I’ve gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I’ve met and worked with Picture Quote #1

I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose Picture Quote #1

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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared (Erica Jong Quotes) Certain very old people reach an age where every funeral becomes some sort of insane confirmation of strength, rather than of vulnerability, as it is when we are in our thirties or forties and our friends die (Erica Jong Quotes) Poems, like dreams, are a sort of royal road to the unconscious. They tell you what your secret self cannot express (Erica Jong Quotes) I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark (Erica Jong Quotes) Poetry is the inner life of a culture, its nervous system, its deepest way of imagining the world. A culture that ignores its poets, chokes off its nervous system and becomes mortally ill (Erica Jong Quotes) Mediocre prose might be read as an escape, might be spoken on television by actors, or mouthed in movies. But mediocre poetry did not exist at all. If poetry wasn’t good, it wasn’t poetry. It was that simple (Erica Jong Quotes) Each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person’s (Erica Jong Quotes) In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right (Erica Jong Quotes) Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. It seems to hammer you into the ground. It drives you deeper and deeper into your own guilt. It makes the voices inside your head accuse you more viciously than any outside voices ever could (Erica Jong Quotes) We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow (Erica Jong Quotes) What storyteller is adequate to her story? The story carries us along, bottles on the tide, each with our secret mesage and the fervent hope that it does not turn out to be blank (Erica Jong Quotes) Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war (Erica Jong Quotes) If there’s anything the world disdains more than uppity young women, it’s uppity old women. Dying young has always been a woman’s best career move (Erica Jong Quotes) Men must be stripped of arrogance and women must become independent for any mutually nurturing alliance to endure between the sexes (Erica Jong Quotes) I am never so calm as after I have written. And the next morning I will feel the familiar anxiety and I will have to begin the process all over again (Erica Jong Quotes) Writers are always at the edge of the inferno, and the fire is licking at our toes. Luckily, this turns us on! (Erica Jong Quotes) Writers tend to be addicted to houses... We work at home, indulging the agoraphobia endemic to our kind. We are immersed in our surroundings to an almost morbid degree (Erica Jong Quotes) It is not unusual to hate great writers before we learn to love them. Because they have created something that did not yet exist, they must also create their audience. Sometimes the audience is not yet ready. Sometimes it has yet to be born (Erica Jong Quotes) What a damnably lonely profession writing is! In order to do it, one must banish the world, and having banished it, one feels cosmically alone (Erica Jong Quotes) Writing has often been accompanied by terror, silences, and then wild bursts of private laughter that suddenly make all the dread seem worthwhile (Erica Jong Quotes) We’ve lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars (Erica Jong Quotes) Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for (Erica Jong Quotes) Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame (Erica Jong Quotes) I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you (Erica Jong Quotes) Everyone’s a little crazy when you get inside their head... it’s only a matter of degree (Erica Jong Quotes) As a seasoned insomniac, I knew sometimes the way to beat sleeplessness was to outwit it: to pretend you didn’t care about sleeping. Then sometimes sleep became piqued, like a rejected lover, and crept up to try to seduce you (Erica Jong Quotes) We all parent the best we can. Being human, we’re ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep (Erica Jong Quotes) I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets (Erica Jong Quotes) Feminism is teaching. I’ve gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I’ve met and worked with (Erica Jong Quotes) I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose (Erica Jong Quotes)

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