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Erica Jong Quotes

Whoever pushes America's sex button must be prepared for sirens and alarms. Whatever else we do in our lives will be drowned out by them Picture Quote #1

Young women dream of romance and passion as men dream of conquest because those dreams are necessary goads to leaving home and growing up Picture Quote #1

If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most Picture Quote #1

How did I get to be a grown up? At times, I find myself still sitting on the hillside, plotting revenge against the adult world Picture Quote #1

Even now, we have laryngitis from screaming at each other: the dirty little secret of a durable marriage Picture Quote #1

It is hard to open yourself to someone who might really love you. I kept trying to drive Ken away and he kept passing the test by staying Picture Quote #1

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If I loved him, would I censor my writing to please him? If I married him, would I force my writing to be married as well? Picture Quote #1

If I wrote that women could be unkind, I was considered a traitor - as if it were not worse treachery to pretend that all women were kind Picture Quote #1

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge Picture Quote #1

Women who bear children before they establish serious habits of work, may never establish them at all Picture Quote #1

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right Picture Quote #1

Never follow a dog act. You know you’re on the skids when you play yourself in the movie version of your life Picture Quote #1

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We don’t have a clear path forward, and that’s been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began Picture Quote #1

Every time women make tremendous strides, the right wing gets terrified and creates laws making it hard to get an abortion or birth control Picture Quote #1

It is the artists who make the true value of the world, though at times they may have to starve to do it. They are like earthworms, turning up the soil so things can grow, eating dirt so that the rest of us may eat green shoots Picture Quote #1

Art keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child Picture Quote #1

The unconscious of an artist is her greatest treasure. It is what transmutes the dross of autobiography into the gold of myth Picture Quote #1

The only people worth writing about are those about whom the last word cannot be said Picture Quote #1

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Biography is essentially a collaborative art, the latest biographer collaborating with all those who wrote earlier Picture Quote #1

It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion Picture Quote #1

You don’t get to choose what you get famous for and you don’t get to control which of your life’s many struggles gets to stand for you Picture Quote #1

You reach a point in life where you realize that you might as well do what you need to do, because your being loved or not being loved is really a function of the people you encounter and not of yourself. That is an immensely liberating insight Picture Quote #1

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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading Picture Quote #1

Perhaps every generation thinks of itself as a lost generation and perhaps every generation is right Picture Quote #1

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us Picture Quote #1

In freeing myself from the romantic dream of finding another man to come along and rescue me, I learned that no one can rescue me except myself Picture Quote #1

In any triangle, who is the betrayer, who the unseen rival, and who the humiliated lover? Oneself, oneself, and no one but oneself! Picture Quote #1

Language can’t be appropriated by one person, one poet. The words belong to all of us Picture Quote #1

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Whoever pushes America's sex button must be prepared for sirens and alarms. Whatever else we do in our lives will be drowned out by them (Erica Jong Quotes) Young women dream of romance and passion as men dream of conquest because those dreams are necessary goads to leaving home and growing up (Erica Jong Quotes) If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most (Erica Jong Quotes) How did I get to be a grown up? At times, I find myself still sitting on the hillside, plotting revenge against the adult world (Erica Jong Quotes) Even now, we have laryngitis from screaming at each other: the dirty little secret of a durable marriage (Erica Jong Quotes) It is hard to open yourself to someone who might really love you. I kept trying to drive Ken away and he kept passing the test by staying (Erica Jong Quotes) If I loved him, would I censor my writing to please him? If I married him, would I force my writing to be married as well? (Erica Jong Quotes) If I wrote that women could be unkind, I was considered a traitor - as if it were not worse treachery to pretend that all women were kind (Erica Jong Quotes) There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge (Erica Jong Quotes) Women who bear children before they establish serious habits of work, may never establish them at all (Erica Jong Quotes) How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right (Erica Jong Quotes) Never follow a dog act. You know you’re on the skids when you play yourself in the movie version of your life (Erica Jong Quotes) We don’t have a clear path forward, and that’s been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began (Erica Jong Quotes) Every time women make tremendous strides, the right wing gets terrified and creates laws making it hard to get an abortion or birth control (Erica Jong Quotes) It is the artists who make the true value of the world, though at times they may have to starve to do it. They are like earthworms, turning up the soil so things can grow, eating dirt so that the rest of us may eat green shoots (Erica Jong Quotes) Art keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child (Erica Jong Quotes) The unconscious of an artist is her greatest treasure. It is what transmutes the dross of autobiography into the gold of myth (Erica Jong Quotes) The only people worth writing about are those about whom the last word cannot be said (Erica Jong Quotes) Biography is essentially a collaborative art, the latest biographer collaborating with all those who wrote earlier (Erica Jong Quotes) It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them (Erica Jong Quotes) 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 (Erica Jong Quotes) I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion (Erica Jong Quotes) You don’t get to choose what you get famous for and you don’t get to control which of your life’s many struggles gets to stand for you (Erica Jong Quotes) You reach a point in life where you realize that you might as well do what you need to do, because your being loved or not being loved is really a function of the people you encounter and not of yourself. That is an immensely liberating insight (Erica Jong Quotes) I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading (Erica Jong Quotes) Perhaps every generation thinks of itself as a lost generation and perhaps every generation is right (Erica Jong Quotes) Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us (Erica Jong Quotes) In freeing myself from the romantic dream of finding another man to come along and rescue me, I learned that no one can rescue me except myself (Erica Jong Quotes) In any triangle, who is the betrayer, who the unseen rival, and who the humiliated lover? Oneself, oneself, and no one but oneself! (Erica Jong Quotes) Language can’t be appropriated by one person, one poet. The words belong to all of us (Erica Jong Quotes)

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