If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
ERICA JONGLove is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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