Beware of books. They are more than innocent assemblages of paper and ink and string and glue. If they are any good, they have the spirit of the author within. Authors are rogues and ruffians and easy lays. They are gluttons for sweets and savories. They devour life and always want more. They have sap, spirit, sex. Books are panderers. The Jews are not wrong to worship books. A real book has pheromones and sprouts grass through its cover.
Erica JongA Soul is partly given, partly wrought; remember always that you are the Maker of your own Soul.
Erica JongI think I've become more cynical about sex. Meaning, I don't think sex in and of itself leads to an epiphany.
Erica JongIf we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
Erica Jong