The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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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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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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