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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.

Erica Jong

Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Endear Friend Love Misery Our
Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Compass Utter Discipline Edit Freedom
Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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Actually Believe Courage Cowardice Cynicism Height Innocense Many People Require Result Today
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Gossip Opiate Oppress
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
ERICA JONG

Advice Already Answer Ask Know Wish
Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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Drop Every Time Feel Five Hit Hundred Leave Mouth Plain Pocket Stomach
I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Age Believe Close Consciousness Enjoy Every Fictional Identity Own People Read Time Transcend Whether
There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Airplane Athlete No Turbulent
Courage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONG

Courage Have Magic Only Worth
The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
ERICA JONG

Did Die Love Only Simple Truth Wish
If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
ERICA JONG

Activities Body Creativity Dictator Knowledge Lead Often Own Seen Sex
Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
ERICA JONG

Besides Depend Intimacy Rare Really Sex Thing
Often I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
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Find Going Later Life Often Own Poem Predict Write
There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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Against Always Backlash Idea Progressive
If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
ERICA JONG

Fear Need Ourselves Sufficient Unto Web
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.
ERICA JONG

Achievement Been Denigarte Divorce Hard Marriage Much Three Time Women Work World

If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.

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