I look forward and see myself look back.
ERICA JONGPeople 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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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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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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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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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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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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