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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.

Erica Jong

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
I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
ERICA JONG

Able Cry Ever Experience Mist Must Stand Think Use Wonder
Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
ERICA JONG

Curious Indication Most Photograph Reality
Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
ERICA JONG

Colour Neither Sex Soul
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
It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
ERICA JONG

Easier Joy Pain Wordless Write
Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
ERICA JONG

Endear Friend Love Misery Our
Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared.
ERICA JONG

Disaaperard Leave Memory Most Possession Star Trace Transient
The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
ERICA JONG

Anything Dilemma Even More One Risk
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
ERICA JONG

Fun Had Jealousy Think
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.
ERICA JONG

Anything Even Going Know More Must Night Right Risk Time
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONG

Anger Enough Know Laughter Old Revelation True
Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
ERICA JONG

Compass Utter Discipline Edit Freedom
Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
ERICA JONG

Keep Legless Men Silent Speak Walk Women
Why does life need evidence of life?
ERICA JONG

Evidence Life Need
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.
ERICA JONG

Circle Get Horrible Incomplete Look Lose Older Wonderful

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