Why does life need evidence of life?
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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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
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONG






