Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
ERICA JONGAnger is really disappointed hope.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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The soul is awakened through service.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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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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