It was the old psychosomatic side-step. Everyone in my family dances it at every opportunity. You've given me a splitting headache! You've given me indigestion! You've given me crotch rot! You've given me auditory hallucinations! You've given me a heart attack! You've given me cancer!

Erica Jong

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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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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. 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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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.

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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever... by Erica Jong

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wis... by Erica Jong

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with i... by Erica Jong

Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.

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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible th... by Erica Jong

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired ta... by Erica Jong

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

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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. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.

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I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

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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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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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The sexuality doesn't end. It really doesn't. You're sexual your whole life, if you're a sexual person.

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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 by exhortation.

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Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

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Conflict is the soul of literature. by Erica Jong

Conflict is the soul of literature.

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The soul is awakened through service. by Erica Jong

The soul is awakened through service.

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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had. by Erica Jong

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear co... by Erica Jong

I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.

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The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.

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