Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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