A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
ERICA JONGAs women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Home is where your books are.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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