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.
ERICA JONGWomen are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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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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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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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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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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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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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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