And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONGYou see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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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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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.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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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 want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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