Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
Erica JongSilence 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 JongYou must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you.
Erica Jong