You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
ERICA JONGAmbivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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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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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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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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