Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
ERICA JONGShakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
More Erica Jong Quotes
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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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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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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