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More Quotes by Erica Jong
Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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.
Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
Because I loved myself, I was loved.
