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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.

Erica Jong

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Any Courage Lead Life Take
If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Despair Every Day Given Here Hillside House Lease Loan Me Minute Remember
It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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City Liquid Migrate Mirror Once Soul Stone
Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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Freedom Gain Loss Loving Much Someone Think
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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Back Come Daughter Different Freedom Insist Leash License Loose Mother Need Reject Share She
The soul is awakened through service.
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Awakened Service Soul Through
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONG

Anger Enough Know Laughter Old Revelation True
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 JONG

Definition Elise Erotica Like Nobody Pornography Somebody
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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Keep Legless Men Silent Speak Walk Women
The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Again Battel Depress Fight Heath Over Partly Right Win Women
Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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Always Cheerful Confident Envied Everything Friend Practical Secretly Seem Terrified
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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Birth Courage Do Fact Love Mother never Quote She Want Wing Wings
Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
ERICA JONG

Colour Neither Sex Soul
Often I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
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Find Going Later Life Often Own Poem Predict Write
I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
ERICA JONG

Anything Avoid Love Say Want You
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
ERICA JONG

Being Every Excuse Judge Look Procrastinate Scare

I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.

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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.

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