All people believe their suffering is greater than others. Erica Jong More Quotes by Erica Jong More Quotes From Erica Jong What all the ads and whorescopes seemed to imply was that if only you took proper care of your smells, your hair, your boobs, your eyelashes, your armpits, your crotch, your stars, your scars, your choice of Scotch in bars - you would meet a beautiful powerful, potent, and rich man who would satisfy every longing, fill every hole, make your heart skip a beat (or stand still), make you misty, and fly you to the moon (preferably on gossamer wings), where you would live totally satisfied forever. Erica Jong powerful stars beautiful Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world. Erica Jong marriage loyalty world There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes. Erica Jong airplane atheist I tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my work, that I had him I'd be too happy to write. I tried to tell myself I was hurting Bennett, hurting myself, making a spectacle of myself. I was. But nothing helped. I was possessed. The minute he walked into a room and smiled at me, I was a goner. Erica Jong hurt writing rooms There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul. Horrible as successful artists often are, there is nothing crueler or more vain than a failed artist. Erica Jong artist soul successful 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 the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger. Erica Jong body soul mind But if the gods do not exist at all - then we are lost,' I said. On the contrary - we are found!' said Aesop. But when we are afraid, who can we turn to, if not the gods?' Ourselves. We turn to ourselves anyway. We only pretend there are gods and that they care about us. It is a comforting falsehood. Erica Jong atheism atheist comforting Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said. Erica Jong voice atheist inspirational It was easy enough to kill yourself in a fit of despair. It was easy enough to play the martyr. It was harder to do nothing. To endure your life. To wait. Erica Jong despair waiting play Back in the days when men were hunters and chest beaters and women spent their whole lives worrying about pregnancy or dying in childbirth, they often had to be taken against their will. Men complained that women were cold, unresponsive, frigid... They wanted their women wanton. They wanted their women wild. Now women were finally learning to be wanton and wild - and what happened? The men wilted. Erica Jong women taken pregnancy Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends. Erica Jong apology beauty love Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip, and moral dilemmas on the level of TV soap operas. What litanies the advertisers of the good life chanted at you! What curious catechisms! Erica Jong good-life song love Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should." Erica Jong should trying thinking Solitude is considered un-American. Erica Jong solitude Beware of the man who praises women's liberation; he is about to quit his job. Erica Jong women work jobs Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth) I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece. Erica Jong giving-up air sex Love is serene and calm Erica Jong calm advice love Love gives without taking Erica Jong romantic-love sweet giving 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. Erica Jong marriage trying people
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