The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONGCourage is the only Magic worth having.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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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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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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