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
ERICA JONGThe dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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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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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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