The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONGThe truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONGFreedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
ERICA JONGDon’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONGEveryone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
ERICA JONGBefore things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
ERICA JONGI don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
ERICA JONGTake your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
ERICA JONGFlesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
ERICA JONGReally true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
ERICA JONGDogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
ERICA JONGMany people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
ERICA JONGIs a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
ERICA JONGHow could one create life with someone who represented death?
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
ERICA JONGPeople are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
ERICA JONGA book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
ERICA JONG