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Quotes by Erica Mann Jong

The job of the writer is to seduce the demons of creativity and make up stories. Often you go to bed with a man who claims to be a demon and later you find out he's just an everyday slob.
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The job of the writer is to seduce the demons of creativity and make up stories. Often you go to bed with a man who claims to be a demon and later you find out he's just an everyday slob.
I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as part of life specifically fear of change and fear of the unknown;and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says, turn back, turn back,you'll die if you venture too far.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as part of life specifically fear of change and fear of the unknown;and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says, turn back, turn back,you'll die if you venture too far.
I know some good marriages - marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other
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I know some good marriages - marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other
Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one is to blame.
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Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one is to blame.
Nothing said or done there should morally count. Everyone is exhausted.
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Nothing said or done there should morally count. Everyone is exhausted.
It made it acceptable for women to seek pleasure, married or not,
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It made it acceptable for women to seek pleasure, married or not,
Your morals are like roads through the Alps. They make these hairpin turns all the time.
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Your morals are like roads through the Alps. They make these hairpin turns all the time.
Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same.
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Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same.
Beware of the man who denounces women writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.
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Beware of the man who denounces women writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.
Will you ever? I dont think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am.I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star.
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Will you ever? I dont think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am.I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star.
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