What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
ERICA JONGI have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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 look forward and see myself look back.
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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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Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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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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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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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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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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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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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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