More Quotes by Erica Jong
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.
The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more
Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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.
If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.
Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
