The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
ERICA JONGReally true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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