I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
ERICA JONGWhat was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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