Mother Quotes by Erica Jong

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

— Erica Jong

Being a daughter is only half the equation; bearing one is the other.

— Erica Jong

A baby's mother also needs a mother.

— Erica Jong

Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life.

— Erica Jong

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes.

— Erica Jong

A baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you're pregnant, or you'd probably jump off a…

— Erica Jong

Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but…

— Erica Jong

When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all…

— Erica Jong

My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her…

— Erica Jong

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would…

— Erica Jong

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and…

— Erica Jong

I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women had to fight…

— Erica Jong

Generations of women have sacrificed their lives to become their mothers. But we do not have that luxury any more. The world…

— Erica Jong

What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.…

— Erica Jong

The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but…

— Erica Jong

It's useful to know how much society's holding you back. My mother would talk about how she was told by the head…

— Erica Jong

O what is it about having one's own Babe upon one's Hip that makes a Woman wish to go home to her…

— Erica Jong