Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
ERICA JONGWomen 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Home is where your books are.
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