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More Quotes by Erica Jong
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed
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.
Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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.
If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.
