The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONGThere is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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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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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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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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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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