A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
ERICA JONGIf 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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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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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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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 soul is awakened through service.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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