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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Feminist
Novelist
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New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.
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writers do not choose their subjects their subjects choose them.
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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I convinced myself that sadness and compromise were the ways of the world.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?
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Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you'll never write a line.
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The only rule I have when writing is to try to tell the truth. That doesn't mean you can't exaggerate, edit, rewrite things to make them more dramatic. But emotional truth is what I look for in writing.
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Eating is never so simple as hunger.
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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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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.
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Don't ye know that ev'ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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