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Erica Jong139 quotes“The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.”
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
Erica JongErica Jong I look forward and see myself look back.
Erica JongErica Jong If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
Erica JongErica Jong Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
Erica JongErica Jong Keeping a journal implies hope.
Erica JongErica Jong As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
Erica JongErica Jong People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
Erica JongErica Jong I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
Erica JongErica Jong The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
Erica JongErica Jong Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
Erica JongErica Jong Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
Erica JongErica Jong Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
Erica JongErica Jong Courage is the only Magic worth having.
Erica JongErica Jong Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
Erica JongErica Jong Is perception equivalent to existence?
Erica JongErica Jong Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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