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At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.

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
Strangely
Extent
Times
Sedative
Powerlessness

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