Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
ERICA JONGMy 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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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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