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in freeing myself from the romantic dream of finding another man to come along and rescue me, I learned that no one can rescue me except myself.

Erica Jong

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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New York City
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Erica Mann Jong
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap, our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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The problem with feminism in the second wave was that we fought so much among ourselves, and I think we did so much damage to the movement... and I think the next wave, the third wave, is women mentoring younger women and women helping younger women to enter the political process and the writing world.
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Language matters because whoever controls the words controls the conversation, because whoever controls the conversation controls its outcome, because whoever frames the debate has already won it, because telling the truth has become harder and harder to achieve in an America drowning in Orwellian Newspeak.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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You're not too fat you're just in the wrong country.
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I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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When everyone thinks they know you, it's hard not to be guarded.
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Eating is never so simple as hunger.
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You must find the right voice (or voices) for the timbre that can convince a reader to give himself up to you.
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The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.
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