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Erica Jong

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
If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
ERICA JONG

All Back Friend God Made Most Need Pass Remind Them
Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
ERICA JONG

Colour Neither Sex Soul
I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
ERICA JONG

Being Cease Control Fear Fearful Let Me
They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
ERICA JONG

Along Come Hit Keep Mine Person Right Say Truck
Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
ERICA JONG

Far Fear Foolish Future Humankind Most
And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONG

Anything Even More Risk Trouble
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
ERICA JONG

Come Dog Live Love Loyalty
Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
ERICA JONG

Away Drive Easier Goodbye Saying
We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
ERICA JONG

Being Experience Gone Human Spritualm Through
Courage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONG

Courage Have Magic Only Worth
I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
ERICA JONG

Beacon One Piece Sex Travel Vowed
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
ERICA JONG

Courage Dark Everyone Follow Lead Place Talent
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
ERICA JONG

Bullfight Church Circus Country Deserve Every Country Get Hollywood People Person
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.
ERICA JONG

Find Going Later Life Often Own Poem Predict Write
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

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