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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.

Erica Jong

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
Atheists
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Turbulent
Airplanes

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I have enormous pride in the survival of the Jewish people, the cultural heritage of the Jewish people, but I'm not observant, and I don't belong to a synagogue. I don't go to temple on high holy days, but I'm proud to be Jewish.
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Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.
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Faith is the Knowledge of the Heart, Logick the Knowledge of the Mind.
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I see the whole episode in my memory as if it were a very crisply photographed black and white movie. Directed by Bergman perhaps.We are playing ourselves in the movie version. If only we could escape from always having to play ourselves !
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I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
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the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.
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Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.
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If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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