I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
ERICA JONGIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Solitude is un-American.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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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Breast-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.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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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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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.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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