As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
ERICA JONGEveryone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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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 believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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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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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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