People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
ERICA JONGSilence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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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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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Solitude is un-American.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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