And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I’m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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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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Home is where your books are.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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Breast-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.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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The soul is awakened through service.
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