Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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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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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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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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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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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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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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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