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.
Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right. - Erica Jong
Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.
- Erica Jong
Because I loved myself, I was loved. - Erica Jong
Because I loved myself, I was loved.
We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars. - Erica Jong
We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.
We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion. - Erica Jong
We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion.
Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations. - Erica Jong
Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. - Erica Jong
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. - Erica Jong
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. - Erica Jong
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
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 expan… - Erica Jong
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 expan…
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