Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
ERICA JONGUnhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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