Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
ERICA JONGI don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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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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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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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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