Courage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONGLove is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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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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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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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Home is where your books are.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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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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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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