We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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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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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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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 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.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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