The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
ERICA JONGI do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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