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
ERICA JONGAnger is really disappointed hope.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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