It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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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How 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.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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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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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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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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