Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
ERICA JONGBecause I loved myself, I was loved.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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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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