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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

Courage is the only Magic worth having.
ERICA JONG

Courage Have Magic Only Worth
Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.
ERICA JONG

Exploit Group History Idealize Only Powerless Women
There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
ERICA JONG

Backward Courtship End Like Marriage Rhythm
And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONG

Anything Even More Risk Trouble
It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
ERICA JONG

Any Courage Lead Life Take
Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
ERICA JONG

Endear Friend Love Misery Our
I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
ERICA JONG

Intimacy Necessarily Produce Sex Think
Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
ERICA JONG

Freedom Gain Loss Loving Much Someone Think
Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
ERICA JONG

Away Drive Easier Goodbye Saying
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
ERICA JONG

Famemillion Idea People Wrong You
I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
ERICA JONG

Definition Elise Erotica Like Nobody Pornography Somebody
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
Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
ERICA JONG

Catch Every Myself Say Time Try Yes
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
Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
ERICA JONG

Believe Death Men never Own People Possibility Reason Send War Young
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

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