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.
ERICA JONGAnger is really disappointed hope.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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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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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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