I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
ERICA JONGYou see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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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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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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In 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.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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