“Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?”
— Erica Jong
Author: Erica Jong
Category: parenting
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No one ever found wisdom without also
“No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.”
— Erica Jong
Author: Erica Jong
Category: wisdom
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Women are the only exploited group in
“Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.”
— Erica Jong
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Category: history
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The stones themselves are thick with history,
“The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.”
— Erica Jong
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Category: famous
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My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.
“My grandchildren are fabulous and funny.”
— Erica Jong
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Category: funny
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Poetry is what we turn to in
“Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life – when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love.”
— Erica Jong
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Women are the only exploited group in
“Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.”
— Erica Jong
Author: Erica Jong
Category: equality
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When I met my husband, I refused
“When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order.”
— Erica Jong
Author: Erica Jong
Category: home
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Women are the only exploited group in
“Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.”
— Erica Jong
Author: Erica Jong
Category: women
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I have accepted fear as a part
“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.”
— Erica Jong
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Category: fear
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Men and women, women and men. It
“Men and women, women and men. It will never work.”
— Erica Jong
Author: Erica Jong
Category: women
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