Because I loved myself, I was loved.
ERICA JONGYou can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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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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