A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Solitude is un-American.
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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.
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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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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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