I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
ERICA JONGMotherhood cannot finally be delegated.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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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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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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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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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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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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