A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
Erica JongLoving someone is a loss of freedom - but one doesn't think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
Erica JongThere is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
Erica JongLanguage matters because whoever controls the words controls the conversation, because whoever controls the conversation controls its outcome, because whoever frames the debate has already won it, because telling the truth has become harder and harder to achieve in an America drowning in Orwellian Newspeak.
Erica Jong