Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
ERICA JONGA new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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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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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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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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My 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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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