What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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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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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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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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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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Before 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.
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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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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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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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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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