Erica Jong
American author and educator.
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.
All people believe their suffering is greater than others.
Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye...
If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.
Because I loved myself, I was loved.
It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present.
...if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Why does life need evidence of life?
How could one create life with someone who represented death?
They all cheat sooner or later. You might as well have one who isn't a bore the rest of the time.
The zipless fuck is absolutely pure. It is free of ulterior motives. There is no power game . The man is not "taking" and the woman is not "giving." No one is attempting to cuckold a husband or humiliate a wife. No one is trying to prove anything or get anything out of anyone. The zipless fuck is the purest thing there is. And it is rarer than the unicorn. And I have never had one.
Having a baby with him meant marrying that face forever.
In loving life you love what can't survive...