It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
ERICA JONGBefore things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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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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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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