We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONGA new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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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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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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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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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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