What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be fo…

Erica Jong
167 citations
What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago. ✨ Erica Jong (1999). What Do Women Want?: Bread, Roses, Sex, Power, Perennial
Humanity Politics Reading
13

More Author Quotes

No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you … ▶
As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.
Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a state of shock. First people want to praise you, and then they want to attack you. No one c … ▶
What all the ads and whorescopes seemed to imply was that if only you took proper care of your smells, your hair, your boobs, your eyelashes, your armpits, your crotch, your stars, your scars, your c … ▶
You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.

What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago. ✨ Erica Jong (1999). What Do Women Want?: Bread, Roses, Sex, Power, Perennial

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes