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ERICA JONGAmbivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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