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The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.

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
Hardest
Dreams
Stage
Morning
Dream
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Believe
Notebook
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Believing

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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present.
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Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love.
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But if the gods do not exist at all - then we are lost,' I said. On the contrary - we are found!' said Aesop. But when we are afraid, who can we turn to, if not the gods?' Ourselves. We turn to ourselves anyway. We only pretend there are gods and that they care about us. It is a comforting falsehood.
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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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Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.
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Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.
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I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.
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Faith is the Knowledge of the Heart, Logick the Knowledge of the Mind.
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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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I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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