More Quotes by Erica Jong
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
The soul is awakened through service.
