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I think the Jews are an amazing group of people and their survival is amazing.

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
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Friends love misery... our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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what was time but a convention, a habit of mind, a custom of dress?
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If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk.
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In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving -instead of actually getting up and leaving.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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A Soul is partly given, partly wrought remember always that you are the Maker of your own Soul.
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