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Love gives without taking

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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
Love
Sweet
Taking
Gives
Without
Giving

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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.
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When everyone thinks they know you, it's hard not to be guarded.
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Solitude is un-American.
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I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like the banana. But a modest, self-effacing vegetable, questioning, introspective, peeling itself away, or merely radiating halos like ripples.
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Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.
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Friends love misery... our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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We all have fantasies about sex that are more perfect than anything in reality.
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Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion?
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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I think the Jews are an amazing group of people and their survival is amazing.
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If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk.
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I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.
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In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving -instead of actually getting up and leaving.
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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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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.
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Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?
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