There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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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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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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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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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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