The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
ERICA JONGAmbivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Home is where your books are.
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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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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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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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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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