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"The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past."
Erica JongAdvice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we — Erica Jong
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Erica Jong is an American novelist, satirist, and poet known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. The Washington Post said in 2013 that it had sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, while by 2022, The New York Times reported that worl
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"Each one an antidote to the one that went before. Each one a reaction, an about-face, a rebound."
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"The zipless fuck is absolutely pure. It is free of ulterior motives. There is no power game. The man is not "taking" and the woman is not "giving." No one is attempting to cuckold a husband or humiliate a wife. No one is trying to prove anything or get anything out of anyone. The zipless fuck is the purest thing there is. And it is rarer than the unicorn. And I have never had one."
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"Pregnancy seemed like a tremendous abdication of control. Something growing inside you which would eventually usurp your life."
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"Im just trying to lead my own fucking life if I can manage to find it in all this confusion."
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"Underneath it all, you longed to be annihilated by love..."
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