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.
ERICA JONGLove is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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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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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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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