~ Erica Jong Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other being good to each other.

[MysteRy]

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.

[MysteRy]

I was afraid to write Fear of Flying; ergo I had to write it. I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it then I must do it.

[MysteRy]

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.

[MysteRy]

I went for years not finishing anything. Because of course when you finish something you can be judged.... I had poems which were rewritten so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.

[MysteRy]

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for being brave for risking everything for. And the trouble is if you don't risk everything you risk even more.