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.
ERICA JONGThe future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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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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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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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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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.
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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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