Denounce useless guilt. Don’t make a cult of suffering. Live in the no…

Erica Jong
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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.
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It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously. ✨ Oprah, Kitty and Me by Erica Jong, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2010.
Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.
I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged...I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding send … ▶
You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion. ✨ Erica Jong (2007). What Do Women Want?: Essays by Erica Jong, p.110, Penguin

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.

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