Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
ERICA JONGIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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