the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.
Erica JongPoems, like dreams, are a sort of royal road to the unconscious. They tell you what your secret self cannot express.
Erica JongI don't believe in organized religion. I believe that people should try to connect with their own life force and let it lead them to do with their lives what they will find satisfying.
Erica JongI tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my work, that I had him I'd be too happy to write. I tried to tell myself I was hurting Bennett, hurting myself, making a spectacle of myself. I was. But nothing helped. I was possessed. The minute he walked into a room and smiled at me, I was a goner.
Erica Jong