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Inspirational Quotes by Erica Jong
- It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
- The soul is awakened through service.
- Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.
- There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
- Courage is the only Magic worth having.
- Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life.
- Solitude is un-American.
- Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
- Love gives without taking
- Solitude is considered un-American.
- Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."
- Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
- The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study...
- She was mine and not-mine all at once. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and the most terrifying.
- The most important education you get is your own - the one you learn in solitude.
- I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
- A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
- Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
- You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
- Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?
- Few women see power as an end in itself. The point of power is the freedom to cultivate roses.
- If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
- I knew I was in England by the smell.
- When you start having lunch and actually eating, it's already over.
- At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.
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