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Venice, that capital city of dream and intrigue, that double city (one above and seemingly solid, one below, wavering and reflected in the waters), which never disappoints.

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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
Disappoints
Double
Wavering
Solid
Intrigue
Capital
Venice
City
Seemingly
Cities
Disappoint
Water
Reflected
Dream
Never
Waters

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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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