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  • The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

    "The Little White Bird". Book by James M. Barrie, 1902.
  • I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.

    "Smooth Moves". Interview with Alexandra Jacobs, www.newyorker.com. March 28, 2011.
  • I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

    FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Jul 06, 2015
  • I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

    People   Flying   Speech  
    "A Separate Peace" by Steve Friedman, www.elle.com. August 17, 2011.
  • I don't think that I had any idea that 'Fear of Flying' would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it would go all over the world and be published in Chinese and Serbo-Croat and so on.

    Thinking   Ideas   Flying  
  • Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

    "Fear of Flying". Book by Erica Jong, 1973.
  • If you don't risk anything you risk everything

  • I thought Erica Jongs Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that Ive ever read in my life.

    Flying   Pieces   Crap  
  • Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

  • Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

    Funny   Witty   Fear  
    Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases”, p.83, Pan Macmillan
  • My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a few unintelligible words then before I know it I'm thrust into the back of my seat by acceleration that seems way too fast and the rest of the trip is an endless nightmare of turbulence, of near misses. And then the cabbie drops me off at the airport.

  • Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

    Witty   Powerful   Women  
    Erica Jong (2013). “Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition”, p.187, Open Road Media
  • As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there's a great big world to explore out there.

    "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2008.
  • I read a lot of those Single Girl in New York books, like "Fear of Flying," where you could sort of put yourself, through transference, into the Jewish Girl in New York situation.

    Girl   New York   Book  
    Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
  • I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit.

    Airplane   Flying   Dying  
    Chuck Yeager (1986). “Yeager: An Autobiography”, Bantam
  • I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

  • You know I never used to be a bad flyer, but I did start to have a fear of flying after I shot a movie where I was terrorized on a plane. I made Wes Craven's 'Red Eye'. I don't think they're linked but it does make me pause and wonder if they are, so perhaps I will explore that in therapy some day.

    Eye   Thinking   Flying  
  • Fear paralyses you - fear of flying, fear of the future, fear of leaving a rubbish marriage, fear of public speaking, or whatever it is.

  • I try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when I'm on an airplane - I have a fear of flying, but I actually love flying because it's the only time I can sleep, and it's the only time I get to read.

    Book   Airplane   Sleep  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

    "Fear of Flying". Book by Erica Jong, 1973.
  • My father taught me to not fear anything. Having said that, much of my addiction to alcohol and drugs was tied to fear: fear of flying, fear of talking to women, etc. I conquered those fears years ago.

    Father   Talking   Years  
    "Q&A: 10 Questions With Hockey Legend Derek Sanderson". "George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight ", www.cbc.ca. October 27, 2012.
  • Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

    FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 02, 2015
  • In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.

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