I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
ERICA JONGPerhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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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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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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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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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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