It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
ERICA JONGI have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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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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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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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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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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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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