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.
ERICA JONGAs long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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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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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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