You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
ERICA JONGNarrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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 by exhortation.
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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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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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