The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
ERICA JONGThe dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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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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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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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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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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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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