The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
ERICA JONGWhat was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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