My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
ERICA JONGIt’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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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 exhortation.
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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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I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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