Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
ERICA JONGPeople are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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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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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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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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