Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
ERICA JONGI 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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