Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
ERICA JONGDogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Many 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.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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