Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
ERICA JONGThe future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Solitude is un-American.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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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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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Home is where your books are.
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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