Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
ERICA JONGIf, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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