Erica Jong: Quotes about love

“The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.”

“Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily… Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself.”

“I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.”

“Underneath it all, you longed to be annihilated by love…”

“It takes a spasm of love to write a poem.”

“Pain is not love. Love flowers; love gives without taking; love is serene and calm.”

“Loving someone is a loss of freedom -- but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else.”

“…I am sure that when we love we are better than ourselves and when we hate, worse.”

“I am not sure if love is a salve or just a deeper kind of wound.”

“Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.”

“Hate generalizes; love is particular.”

“It is our old love I love.”

“Love is love, but marriage is an investment.”

“In loving life you love what can't survive…”