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.
ERICA JONGDriving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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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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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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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