Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
ERICA JONGDogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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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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The soul is awakened through service.
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