A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
ERICA JONGFlesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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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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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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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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Why does life need evidence of life?
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