Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
ERICA JONGWhy does life need evidence of life?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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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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