Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
ERICA JONGMemory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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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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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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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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