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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.

Erica Jong

You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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Always Anything Before Beginner Naked never Start Writing
Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Artists Earth Household Housewife Perhaps Sense Tender Were
My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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Firm First Follow Go Home Live Long Minute Porno Reaction Screw Ten
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Advice Answer Become Get Good Happy Married Philosopher Socrates Wife Wish
Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Author Become Famous Know Personality Shakespeare Writer Wrote
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
Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Courage Have Magic Only Worth
I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Believe Choose Express Intellect Live Love Motherhood Passionately Themselves Women
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Believe Element Function Our Unhappiness
Solitude is un-American.
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Country Place Solitude
It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Circle Get Horrible Incomplete Look Lose Older Wonderful
And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Anything Even More Risk Trouble
In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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Life Love Survive
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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Amazing Change Cycle Getting Greatest How Judgement Life Older See Thing Understand
Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
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Disaaperard Leave Memory Most Possession Star Trace Transient
If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Anything Even Going Know More Must Night Right Risk Time

My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.

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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.

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