"The soul is awakened through service."

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Source : Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.283, Penguin

Erica Jong

#Spiritual Quotes #Soul Quotes

“The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.”
“I would rather be whole than good.”
“Water is necessary, and then generators, and then food, and then clothes.”

Source : "Heinz Kerry visits hurricane relief effort by U.S. Caribbeans". usatoday30.usatoday.com. September 15, 2004.
“It's not hard to draw from within yourself to play someone protective of her daughter. I have animals and I'm a daughter, sister, wife, aunt and friend, and I can be fiercely protective.”
“Before it was a Bomb, the Bomb was an Idea. Superman, however, was a Faster, Stronger, Better Idea.”
“Don't live online, live in real time. I'm just astonished how many people live online.”
“To argue that we humans are capable of complex multifarious thought and feeling, whereas the sheep's perception is probably limited by lowly sheepish perceptions, is no more to the point than if I were to slaughter and eat you on the grounds that I am a sophisticated personality able to enjoy Mozart, formal logic and cannibalism, whereas your imaginative world seems confined to True Romances and tinned spaghetti.”
“Oftentimes, when music is just blasting out it seems like it's overcompensating for something missing in the song's structure. When I think of the music that I listen to constantly, it's never like an assault.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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