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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.

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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
Airplanes
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Atheist
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The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.
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