In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Home is where your books are.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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