Erica Jong
Jong, Erica
Erica Jong (born March 26, 1942) is an American author and educator. Born in New York City, Jong graduated from Barnard College in 1963. She is best known for her first novel, Fear of Flying (published in 1973), which created a sensation with its frank treatment of a woman's sexual desires. See: Fear of Flying, How to Save Your Own Life, Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected
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Men and women, women and men, It will never work.
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Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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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.
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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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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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