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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Erica Jong

It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
ERICA JONG

City Liquid Migrate Mirror Once Soul Stone
It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Any Courage Lead Life Take
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
ERICA JONG

Affair Before Marriage Night Novel One Poem Short Someone Stand Story
Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
ERICA JONG

Earth Every Feel Itself Know Orphan Soul
The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
ERICA JONG

Carry Momentum Own Word
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Believe Element Function Our Unhappiness
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
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.
ERICA JONG

Firm First Follow Go Home Live Long Minute Porno Reaction Screw Ten
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

Despair Every Day Given Here Hillside House Lease Loan Me Minute Remember
Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Always Been Forty Past Put Record Six Some Straight Year
The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONG

Block Emphasis Future Joy Merely Miseries Past Present Shadow
Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
ERICA JONG

Away Drive Easier Goodbye Saying
Why does life need evidence of life?
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Evidence Life Need
The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
ERICA JONG

End Life Person Sexual Sexuality
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
ERICA JONG

Advice Answer Become Get Good Happy Married Philosopher Socrates Wife Wish
How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
ERICA JONG

Blame Feel Forever Miserable Nemiest One Right Someone With Wonderful

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