the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.
Erica JongIn any triangle, who is the betrayer, who the unseen rival, and who the humiliated lover? Oneself, oneself, and no one but oneself!
Erica JongI never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.
Erica JongI have ne'er been in a chamber with a lawyer when I did not wish either to scream with desperation or else fall into the deepest of sleeps, e'en when the matter concern'd my own future most profoundly.
Erica Jong