What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
ERICA JONGThe camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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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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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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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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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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