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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.

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
Element
Function
Elements
Come
Without
Believe
Unhappiness

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