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 JONGTake your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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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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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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