Erica Jong

"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, and risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

"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."

- Erica Jong

"This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away."

- Erica Jong

"Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss."

- Erica Jong

"A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs your heart is very big."

- Erica Jong

"Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. We try to replace them but never quite succeed. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big."

- Erica Jong

"Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart."

- Erica Jong

"A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart."

- Erica Jong

"I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me."

- Erica Jong

"Live your life by a compass, not a clock."

- Erica Jong

""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.""

- Erica Jong

"They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck."

- Erica Jong

"I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings."

- Erica Jong

"You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame."

- Erica Jong

"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."

- Erica Jong

"There’s another part of aging that is wonderful and has its own beauty… Which is how you see the way the stories turn out with peoples’ lives."

- Erica Jong

"I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back...."

- Erica Jong

"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

"And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk more."

- Erica Jong

"I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged."

- Erica Jong

"I have accepted fear as part of life — specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back."

- Erica Jong