The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONGAnger is really disappointed hope.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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