What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
ERICA JONGA book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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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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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Solitude is un-American.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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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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