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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.

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
Love
Investment
Marriage

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Mediocre prose might be read as an escape, might be spoken on television by actors, or mouthed in movies. But mediocre poetry did not exist at all. If poetry wasn't good, it wasn't poetry. It was that simple.
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At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation.
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I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.
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Men and women, women and men. It will never work.
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Hate generalizes love is particular.
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Every time I catch myself saying, Oh no, you shouldn't try that, I think, Yes, I should.
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I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.
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As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.
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Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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We are finally driven to monogamy not by morality but by exhaustion.
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perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?
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