"Men have always detested women’s gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared."
― Erica Jong
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Women
― Erica Jong
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- "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."
- "Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life – when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love."
- "No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks."
More In Women
- "If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I’m sort of screwed. I’m going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time."― Ken Jennings
- "I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening."― Larry King
- "Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And there’s no doubt about that. We just don’t like to think about it. Certainly the men don’t like to think about it."― Maurice Sendak