Keeping a journal implies hope.
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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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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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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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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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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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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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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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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