I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
ERICA JONGYoung people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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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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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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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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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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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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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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