Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
ERICA JONGAnd what if I don’t want forgiveness?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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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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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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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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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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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