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The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel

The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel

Erica Jong
Love, Pain, Joy
erica jong (1977). “how to save your own life”

The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.

Erica Jong
Block, Past, Joy
FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 06, 2012

It's easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.

Erica Jong
Pain, Writing, Joy
FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Feb 25, 2012

Denounce useless guilt. Don’t make a cult of suffering. Live in the now(or at least the soon). Always do the things you fear most. Courage is an acquired taste like caviar. Trust all joy. If the evil eye fixes you in its gaze, look elsewhere. Get ready to be 87.

Erica Jong
Eye, Evil, Joy

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