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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

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

Writing has often been accompanied by terror, silences, and then wild bursts of private laughter that suddenly make all the dread seem worthwhile.

Erica Jong
Laughter, Writing, Silence
Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.17, Penguin

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. It seems to hammer you into the ground. It drives you deeper and deeper into your own guilt. It makes the voices inside your head accuse you more viciously than any outside voices ever could.

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

When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to put the pen to the legal pad or type the first sentence on the computer screen.

Erica Jong
Writing, Silence, Despair

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