There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
ERICA JONGI don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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