Is perception equivalent to existence?
ERICA JONGBetrayal betrays the betrayer.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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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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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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