Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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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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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Solitude is un-American.
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