Erica Jong (née Mannborn March 26, 1942) is an American author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry.
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. Use this quote
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Use this quote
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. Use this quote
The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise. Use this quote
My grandchildren are fabulous and funny. Use this quote
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had. Use this quote
When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order. Use this quote
In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving. Use this quote
Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love. Use this quote
Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting 'Hiawatha' and they groan. Use this quote
