The soul is awakened through service.
ERICA JONGThe 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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