What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
ERICA JONGA new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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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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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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