Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
ERICA JONGAnd the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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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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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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 by exhortation.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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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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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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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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