I look forward and see myself look back.
ERICA JONGIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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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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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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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Home is where your books are.
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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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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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