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 we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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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