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 JONGAnger is really disappointed hope.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
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Home is where your books are.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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 by exhortation.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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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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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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