A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
ERICA JONGHow could one create life with someone who represented death?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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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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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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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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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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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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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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