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Erica Jong Quotes: Perhaps every generation thinks of itself as a lost generation and perhaps every generation is right.
         

Perhaps every generation thinks of itself as a lost generation and perhaps every generation is right.


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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.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.



Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.



And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.



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.

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.



The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.



Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.



Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.



Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.



How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.



My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.





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A good man shares his knowledge selflessly with everyone.

A good man shares his knowledge selflessly with everyone.



So do flux and reflux--the rhythm of change--alternate and persist in everything under the sky.

So do flux and reflux--the rhythm of change--alternate and persist in everything under the sky.



Depression, the Cancer that gnaws at your Body, Mind and Soul.

Depression, the Cancer that gnaws at your Body, Mind and Soul.



The soul of the artist cannot remain hidden.

The soul of the artist cannot remain hidden.



Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.

Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea.



We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it.

We are told that this is an odious and unpopular tax. I never knew a tax that was not odious and unpopular with the people who paid it.



Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.



In every photographer there was a painter, a true artist, awaiting expression.

In every photographer there was a painter, a true artist, awaiting expression.



That's one of the best things about characters like Indiana Jones. I mean, he's funny. He's done really wicked things.

That's one of the best things about characters like Indiana Jones. I mean, he's funny. He's done really wicked things.



It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.




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