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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.

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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
Dare
Despair
Minutes
House
Given
Remember
Leased
Every
Hillside
Never
Loan

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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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If you've been a pretty woman and always pursued by lovers, losing that and not having that - it feels like a great loss.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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