What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
ERICA JONGThough my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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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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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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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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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Women 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.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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