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.
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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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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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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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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