To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
ERICA JONGThe truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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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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