My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
Erica JongRead
Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Pregnancy involves surrendering control over one's life as a new life develops within.
In this quote, Erica Jong captures the profound sense of loss of autonomy that can accompany pregnancy. As a new life begins to grow inside a woman, it symbolizes not just the creation of a child but also the inevitable changes and challenges that this new reality brings, fundamentally altering the woman's lifestyle and priorities.
Themes
PregnancyControlLife ChangesAutonomyMotherhood
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the challenges of motherhood, one might reference this quote to illustrate the transformative experience of pregnancy.
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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.
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My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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