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Erica Jong quotes

American Novelist March 26, 1942

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Beware of books. They are more than innocent assemblages of paper and ink and string and glue. If they are any good, they have the spirit of the author within. Authors are rogues and ruffians and easy lays. They are gluttons for sweets and savories. They devour life and always want more. They have sap, spirit, sex. Books are panderers. The Jews are not wrong to worship books. A real book has pheromones and sprouts grass through its cover. Erica Jong
I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper. Erica Jong
I don't think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am. I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star Erica Jong
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
Erica Jong quote: "Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything..."
Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it... Erica Jong
Erica Jong quote: "I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm..."
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it. Erica Jong
The zipless fuck is absolutely pure. It is free of ulterior motives. There is no power game . The man is not "taking" and the woman is not "giving." No one is attempting to cuckold a husband or humiliate a wife. No one is trying to prove anything or get anything out of anyone. The zipless fuck is the purest thing there is. And it is rarer than the unicorn. And I have never had one. Erica Jong
I tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my work, that I had him I'd be too happy to write. I tried to tell myself I was hurting Bennett, hurting myself, making a spectacle of myself. I was. But nothing helped. I was possessed. The minute he walked into a room and smiled at me, I was a goner. Erica Jong
Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women. Erica Jong
In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving. Erica Jong
Erica Jong quote: "Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just..."
Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world. Erica Jong
Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. Erica Jong
What all the ads and whorescopes seemed to imply was that if only you took proper care of your smells, your hair, your boobs, your eyelashes, your armpits, your crotch, your stars, your scars, your choice of Scotch in bars - you would meet a beautiful powerful, potent, and rich man who would satisfy every longing, fill every hole, make your heart skip a beat (or stand still), make you misty, and fly you to the moon (preferably on gossamer wings), where you would live totally satisfied forever. Erica Jong
Erica Jong quote: "We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent...."
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
Erica Jong quote: "My grandchildren are fabulous and funny."
My grandchildren are fabulous and funny. Erica Jong

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