Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
ERICA JONGDriving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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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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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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The soul is awakened through service.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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