In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
ERICA JONGAdvice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Often I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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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 I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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