Quotes by Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir

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Why are women so ungenerous to other women? Is it because we have been tokens for so long? Or is there a deeper animosit — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
Naomi Wolf dares to explode the myth of 'victim feminism' and pleads for allowing women to be as full of good and bad de — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
...filled her memory bank with shiny coins. — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
...readers who think I have answers when all I have are a few pointed questions... — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
How did I get to be a grown-up? At times, I find myself still sitting on the hillside, plotting revenge against the adul — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
Young women dream of romance and passion as men dream of conquest because those dreams are necessary goads to leaving ho — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
You're afraid of criticism,' she says. 'But criticism is a sign of life! You know who doesn't get criticized? Nonentitie — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
And what is laughter anyway? Changing the angle of vision. — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
Fame turns out to be a powerful instrument of grace because it humbles its chosen victims in a hurry. You sail into it, — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
We also fought about everything -- like real sisters. We fought about money, bedrooms, whose car to take. Everyone of th — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
Generations of women have sacrificed their lives to become their mothers. But we do not have that luxury any more. The w — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir
Women in America read 'lifestyle' pages which are really glorifications of shopping. They teach us we must veil ourselve — Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Memoir