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 JONGWe are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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 future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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