There is simply no dignified way for a woman to live alone. Oh, she can get along financially perhaps (though not nearly as well as a man), but emotionally she is never left in peace. Her friends, her family, her fellow workers never let her forget that her husbandlessness, her childlessness - her selfishness, in short - is a reproach to the American way of life. β¨ Erica Jong (2013). Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition, p.30, Open Road Media
More Author Quotes
- At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore. β¨ Erica Jong (2006). Fear of Fifty, p.15, Penguin
- Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. β¨ Erica Jong (1995). How to Save Your Own Life, N A L Trade
- It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously. β¨ Oprah, Kitty and Me by Erica Jong, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2010.
- The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.
- I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. β¨ FaceBook post byErica Jong from Feb 09, 2012
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