Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
ERICA JONGPhotographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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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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