If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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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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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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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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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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