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.
ERICA JONGAmbivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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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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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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