I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
ERICA JONGIf sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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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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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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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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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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