Because I loved myself, I was loved.
ERICA JONGBreast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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