A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
ERICA JONGIf 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Home is where your books are.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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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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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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