A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
ERICA JONGIn loving life you love what can’t survive.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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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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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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