Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
ERICA JONGDogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
ERICA JONGBecause I loved myself, I was loved.
ERICA JONGEveryone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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 JONGBreast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
ERICA JONGI have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
ERICA JONGA book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
ERICA JONGNo one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
ERICA JONGThe parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
ERICA JONGThe dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
ERICA JONGPerhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
ERICA JONGMy 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 JONGArt is always an energy exchange.
ERICA JONGHow 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.
ERICA JONGWomen 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.
ERICA JONGAlways do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
ERICA JONG