The soul is awakened through service.
ERICA JONGDriving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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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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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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
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Solitude is un-American.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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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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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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