And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
ERICA JONGThere’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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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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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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Solitude is un-American.
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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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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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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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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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