Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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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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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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