As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
ERICA JONGFear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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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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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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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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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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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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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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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.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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