Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
ERICA JONGMany people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Why does life need evidence 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 vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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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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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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