Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
ERICA JONGOf all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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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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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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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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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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