Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
ERICA JONGThere’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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The 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.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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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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