People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
ERICA JONGLove is love, but marriage is an investment.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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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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Home is where your books are.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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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