A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
ERICA JONGIt 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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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 do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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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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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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