More Quotes by Erica Jong
Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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.
The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more
Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
