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 JONGEvery time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Many 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.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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Home is where your books are.
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