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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.

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
Given
Remember
Leased
Every
Hillside
Never
Loan
Dare
Despair
Minutes
House

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Men and women, women and men. It will never work.
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