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 JONGCreativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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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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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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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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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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