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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.
Erica Jong
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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.
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When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.
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