Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
ERICA JONGArt is always an energy exchange.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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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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 perception equivalent to existence?
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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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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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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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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 believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Home is where your books are.
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