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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.

Funny, Being Strong, Spiritual

FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 02, 2015

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

Inspirational, Life, Success

"The Artist as Housewife" (1972)

Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.

Loyalty, Dog, Heart

FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 29, 2015

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

Love, Inspirational, Life

"Fear of Flying". Book by Erica Jong, 1973.

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 anything, you risk even more.

Love, Inspirational, Life

"Fear of Flying". Book by Erica Jong, 1973.

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

Love, Witty, Women

Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.

Impossible Situations, Tools, Serious

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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 18, 2014

As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

Long, Steps, Matter

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

Doe, Needs, Slave

Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.258, Penguin

If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

Needs, Ifs, Sufficient

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

Inspirational, Mean, Idols

"Erica Jong talks sex at 73". Interview With Danielle Berrin, jewishjournal.com. October 15, 2015.

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.

Inspirational, Change, Courage

FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Jul 06, 2015

Because I loved myself, I was loved.

Erica Jong (2013). “Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected”, p.348, Open Road Media

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

Silence, Blunt, Instruments

Erica Jong (2013). “Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.153, Open Road Media

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.

Inspirational, Hurt, Pain

FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 22, 2014

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.

Thinking, Race, Track

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.

Reality, Envy, Gossip

Fear of Flying ch. 6 (1973)

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

Caviar, Taste, Acquired Taste

Erica Jong (1995). “How to Save Your Own Life”, N A L Trade

What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.

Daughter, Mother, Mean

Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.49, Penguin

Love is everything it's cracked up to be

Love, Love Is, Cracked

Erica Jong (2007). “Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters”, p.90, Penguin

Courage is the only Magic worth having.

Courage, Magic

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

Creativity, Demand, Talent

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

Interesting, Plot

FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Jan 19, 2014

Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage -- however often we are hurt as a result of it.

Hurt, Believe, People

FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 03, 2012

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