More Quotes by Erica Jong
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.
Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
Anger is really disappointed hope
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Home is where your books are.