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Erica Jong Quotes

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise Picture Quote #1

When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order Picture Quote #1

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy Picture Quote #1

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood Picture Quote #1

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends Picture Quote #1

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am Picture Quote #1

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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone Picture Quote #1

Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God Picture Quote #1

The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses Picture Quote #1

A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive Picture Quote #1

Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion? Picture Quote #1

Each one an antidote to the one that went before. Each one a reaction, an about - face, a rebound Picture Quote #1

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Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life Picture Quote #1

It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present Picture Quote #1

Inevitably, I drank too much, talked too much, smiled too hard, swallowed back too much bile Picture Quote #1

They all cheat sooner or later. You might as well have one who isn't a bore the rest of the time Picture Quote #1

Without sex it would be so easy to choose appropriate people to live with. Sex was the joker in an otherwise rational deck Picture Quote #1

Loving someone is a loss of freedom - but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else Picture Quote #1

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If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault Picture Quote #1

The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past Picture Quote #1

What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to deceive? Picture Quote #1

I only know that in our choice of friends and lovers and teachers who will change our lives, we are guided by forces which have nothing to do with the rationalizations we give Picture Quote #1

I am sure that when we love we are better than ourselves and when we hate, worse Picture Quote #1

My reaction to porn films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live Picture Quote #1

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It was not clear how it would end. In nineteenth century novels, they get married. In twentieth century novels, they get divorced. Can you have an ending in which they do neither? Picture Quote #1

Charlie had that defensive contempt for homosexuals which people often have when their own sexuality is an embarrassment to them Picture Quote #1

I thought of the nameless inventor of the bathtub. I was somehow sure it was a woman. And was the inventor of the bathtub plug a man? Picture Quote #1

It is for this, partly, that I write. How can I know what I think unless I see what I write Picture Quote #1

When I was a ten year old book worm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love Picture Quote #1

There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul Picture Quote #1

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The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise (Erica Jong Quotes) When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order (Erica Jong Quotes) You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy (Erica Jong Quotes) Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood (Erica Jong Quotes) Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends (Erica Jong Quotes) I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am (Erica Jong Quotes) It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone (Erica Jong Quotes) Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God (Erica Jong Quotes) The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses (Erica Jong Quotes) A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive (Erica Jong Quotes) Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion? (Erica Jong Quotes) Each one an antidote to the one that went before. Each one a reaction, an about - face, a rebound (Erica Jong Quotes) Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life (Erica Jong Quotes) It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present (Erica Jong Quotes) Inevitably, I drank too much, talked too much, smiled too hard, swallowed back too much bile (Erica Jong Quotes) They all cheat sooner or later. You might as well have one who isn't a bore the rest of the time (Erica Jong Quotes) Without sex it would be so easy to choose appropriate people to live with. Sex was the joker in an otherwise rational deck (Erica Jong Quotes) Loving someone is a loss of freedom - but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else (Erica Jong Quotes) If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault (Erica Jong Quotes) The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past (Erica Jong Quotes) What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to deceive? (Erica Jong Quotes) I only know that in our choice of friends and lovers and teachers who will change our lives, we are guided by forces which have nothing to do with the rationalizations we give (Erica Jong Quotes) I am sure that when we love we are better than ourselves and when we hate, worse (Erica Jong Quotes) My reaction to porn films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live (Erica Jong Quotes) It was not clear how it would end. In nineteenth century novels, they get married. In twentieth century novels, they get divorced. Can you have an ending in which they do neither? (Erica Jong Quotes) Charlie had that defensive contempt for homosexuals which people often have when their own sexuality is an embarrassment to them (Erica Jong Quotes) I thought of the nameless inventor of the bathtub. I was somehow sure it was a woman. And was the inventor of the bathtub plug a man? (Erica Jong Quotes) It is for this, partly, that I write. How can I know what I think unless I see what I write (Erica Jong Quotes) When I was a ten year old book worm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love (Erica Jong Quotes) There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul (Erica Jong Quotes)

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