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Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself.

Erica Jong

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
Author
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
Power
Great
Substantial
Staying
Legs
Easily
Wings
Loves
Told

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Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it's braver to die old.
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