You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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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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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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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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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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