We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONGDogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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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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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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