Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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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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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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