Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
ERICA JONGPerhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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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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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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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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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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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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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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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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