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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.

Erica Jong

Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
ERICA JONG

Investment Love Marriage
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
People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
ERICA JONG

Always Art End Interest People Reflect Sexuality Story Wn
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
The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
ERICA JONG

Feel How Joy Much Pain Trick
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONG

Anger Enough Know Laughter Old Revelation True
Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
ERICA JONG

Drop Every Time Feel Five Hit Hundred Leave Mouth Plain Pocket Stomach
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
ERICA JONG

Being Every Excuse Judge Look Procrastinate Scare
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
If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
ERICA JONG

Fear Need Ourselves Sufficient Unto Web
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
ERICA JONG

Fun Had Jealousy Think
You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
ERICA JONG

Creative Gitl Good Still
A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
ERICA JONG

Expand Nearly New Dog Old replace
I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
ERICA JONG

Anything Avoid Love Say Want You
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
ERICA JONG

Also Being Ever Fool Found No One Wisdom
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

Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.

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