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Surviving means being born over and over.

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
Surviving
Born
Means
Mean
Life

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Men and women, women and men. It will never work.
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I remember everything but forgive anyway.
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Hate generalizes love is particular.
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