To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
ERICA JONGAllow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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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.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Home is where your books are.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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