Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
ERICA JONGDo all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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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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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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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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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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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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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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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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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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