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Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future. - John F. Kennedy If you would be loved, love and be lovable. - Benjamin Franklin Marriage is one long conversation checkered by disputes. - Robert Louis Stevenson One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't. - George Bernard Shaw Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing. - Winston Churchill I can't believe that God plays dice with the universe. - Albert Einstein

Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same.

- Erica Jong | Marriage Quotes

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.

- Erica Jong | Talent Quotes

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

- Erica Jong | Acceptance Quotes

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

- Erica Jong | Other Side Quotes

I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other.

- Erica Jong | Helping Other People Quotes

There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.

- Erica Jong | Prayer Quotes

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

- Erica Jong | Self-Reliance Quotes

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.

- Erica Jong | One Day Quotes

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

- Erica Jong | Creating Positive Change Quotes

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

- Erica Jong | Instincts Quotes

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.

- Erica Jong | Right Quotes

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

- Erica Jong | Anxiety about the Future Quotes

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

- Erica Jong | Anxiety about the Future Quotes

I was afraid to write Fear of Flying; ergo, I had to write it. I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.

- Erica Jong | Success and Happiness Quotes

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.

- Erica Jong | Risks Quotes

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

- Erica Jong | Risks Quotes

Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.

- Erica Jong | Courage Quotes

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.

- Erica Jong | Courage Quotes

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.... I had poems which were rewritten so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.

- Erica Jong | No pressure, no diamonds. Quotes

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

- Erica Jong | No pressure, no diamonds. Quotes

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 everything, you risk even more.

- Erica Jong | True Love Quotes

The soul is awakened through service.

- Erica Jong | Spirituality Quotes

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

- Erica Jong | Friendship Quotes

There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.

- Erica Jong | Religion Quotes