The soul is awakened through service.
ERICA JONGAmbivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Home is where your books are.
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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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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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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