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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.

Erica Jong

I look forward and see myself look back.
ERICA JONG

Back Forward Look Myself See
The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I’m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho.
ERICA JONG

Been Country Daughter Feminist Greatest Lover Mary People Person
My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
ERICA JONG

Birth Courage Do Fact Love Mother never Quote She Want Wing Wings
Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
ERICA JONG

Being Brave Crack Everything Fighting Live Risk Worth
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.
ERICA JONG

Believe Choose Express Intellect Live Love Motherhood Passionately Themselves Women
Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
ERICA JONG

Deal Humor Imposible Most One Series Situation Tool
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
ERICA JONG

Believe Element Function Our Unhappiness
I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
ERICA JONG

Intimacy Necessarily Produce Sex Think
Conflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONG

Conflict Literature Soul
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.
ERICA JONG

Achievement Been Denigarte Divorce Hard Marriage Much Three Time Women Work World
There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
ERICA JONG

Airplane Athlete No Turbulent
The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONG

Did Die Love Only Simple Truth Wish
Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
ERICA JONG

Acquire Always Courage Fear Most Taste Thing
In loving life you love what can’t survive.
ERICA JONG

Life Love Survive
Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
ERICA JONG

Catch Every Myself Say Time Try Yes
The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
ERICA JONG

Anything Dilemma Even More One Risk

It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.

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