If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
ERICA JONGYou see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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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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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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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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