More Quotes by Erica Jong
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.
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.
Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.
