Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
ERICA JONGSomeday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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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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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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