The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
ERICA JONGIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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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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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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