The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
ERICA JONGIn a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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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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