What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The absolute bedrock of our independence is having control over our own bodies. You cannot be independent if the government or someone… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Loving someone is a loss of freedom -- but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Few women see power as an end in itself. The point of power is the freedom to cultivate roses. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“We assent to wifedom because we are so used to having someone to blame and so unused to freedom. We prefer self-punishment… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Beware of the man who praises women's liberation; he is about to quit his job. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“[Daughter], I want to release you. IF you hate me or want to reject me, I understand. If you curse me, then… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Why are women so ungenerous to other women? Is it because we have been tokens for so long? Or is there a… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Will you ever? I dont think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am.I don't think… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Give advice to your children while they're young enough to believe you know what you're talking about. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Naomi Wolf dares to explode the myth of 'victim feminism' and pleads for allowing women to be as full of good and bad desires… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The Lives of Great Men are more oft' at variance with their profess'd Phillosophies than consistent with 'em. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Many, many people have done a lot more sexual experimentation than I have. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
![“[Daughter], I want to release you. IF you hate me or want to reject me, I understand. If you curse me, then want to atone, I also understand. I expect to be your home plate: kicked, scuffed, but always returned to. I expect to be the earth from which you spring. But if I release you too much, what…” quote by Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/41b/erica-jong-445_children_daughter-i-want-to-release-you-if-you-ha_3158945.jpg)
