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Erica Jong Quotes: "Solitude is un-American."

Solitude is un-American.



Erica Jong Quotes: "They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck."

They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.




Erica Jong Quotes: "It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring."

It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Love is serene and calm"

Love is serene and calm




Erica Jong Quotes: "Art is always an energy exchange."

Art is always an energy exchange.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it."

Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world."

Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.




Erica Jong Quotes: "Perhaps it is because Venice is both liquid and solid, both air and stone, that it somehow combines all the elements crucial to make our imaginations ignite and turn fantasies into realities."

Perhaps it is because Venice is both liquid and solid, both air and stone, that it somehow combines all the elements crucial to make our imaginations ignite and turn fantasies into realities.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?"

Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?



Erica Jong Quotes: "Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared."

Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.



Erica Jong Quotes: "No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool."

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool.



Erica Jong Quotes: "I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers."

I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.




Erica Jong Quotes: "A wet dream in the mind of New York."

A wet dream in the mind of New York.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared."

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.



Erica Jong Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding."

I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man."

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.



Erica Jong Quotes: "It takes courage to lead a life. Any life."

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Nothing quite has reality for me till I write it all down--revising and embellishing as I go. I'm always waiting for things to be over so I can get home and commit them to paper."

Nothing quite has reality for me till I write it all down--revising and embellishing as I go. I'm always waiting for things to be over so I can get home and commit them to paper.



Erica Jong Quotes: "All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness."

All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone."

Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Love is everything it's cracked up to be"

Love is everything it's cracked up to be



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?"

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: "One writes not by will but by surrender."

One writes not by will but by surrender.



Erica Jong Quotes: "A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart."

A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough."

Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.



Erica Jong Quotes: "There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward."

There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.



Erica Jong Quotes: "This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away."

This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Writers tend to be addicted to houses ... We work at home, indulging the agoraphobia endemic to our kind. We are immersed in our surroundings to an almost morbid degree."

Writers tend to be addicted to houses ... We work at home, indulging the agoraphobia endemic to our kind. We are immersed in our surroundings to an almost morbid degree.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Keeping a journal implies hope."

Keeping a journal implies hope.



Erica Jong Quotes: "It's horrible getting older. I mean, it's wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it's horrible losing your looks."

It's horrible getting older. I mean, it's wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it's horrible losing your looks.



Erica Jong Quotes: "My grandchildren are fabulous and funny."

My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.



Erica Jong Quotes: "No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks."

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything."

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.



Erica Jong Quotes: "The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did."

The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.



Erica Jong Quotes: "I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you."

I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.



Erica Jong Quotes: "We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep."

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 Quotes: "Underneath it all, you longed to be annihilated by love."

Underneath it all, you longed to be annihilated by love.



Erica Jong Quotes: "If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair."

If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.



Erica Jong Quotes: "All authors know that any book is a casting of runes, a reading of cards, a map of the palm and heart. We make up the ocean - then fall in. But we also write the life raft."

All authors know that any book is a casting of runes, a reading of cards, a map of the palm and heart. We make up the ocean - then fall in. But we also write the life raft.



Erica Jong Quotes: "The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself."

The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.



Erica Jong Quotes: "When you start having lunch and actually eating, it's already over."

When you start having lunch and actually eating, it's already over.



Erica Jong Quotes: "Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past."

Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.



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."

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: "Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life."

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



Erica Jong Quotes: "Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality."

Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.



Erica Jong Quotes: "As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid - as if we'd disabled them utterly. Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?"

As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid - as if we'd disabled them utterly. Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?



Erica Jong Quotes: "We find our calling or it finds us, and it's a sin against the fates not to use your talent when you have it."

We find our calling or it finds us, and it's a sin against the fates not to use your talent when you have it.



Erica Jong Quotes: "If there's anything the world disdains more than uppity young women, it's uppity old women. Dying young has always been a woman's best career move."

If there's anything the world disdains more than uppity young women, it's uppity old women. Dying young has always been a woman's best career move.