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
ERICA JONGPeople always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Solitude is un-American.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Home is where your books are.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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