What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
ERICA JONGArt is always an energy exchange.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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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.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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