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Erica Jong is a renowned American author, born on March 26, 1942. Her works, focusing on female perspectives and sexual liberation, have gained widespread popularity. Her representative works include 'How to Be a Woman'.

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“All people believe their suffering is greater than others.”

People Believe Suffering Greater

Book:how to save your own life

Source: how to save your own life

“Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.”

Believe Elements Function Unhappiness

Book:how to save your own life

Source: how to save your own life

“A man assumes that a woman's refusal is just part of a game. Or, at any rate, a lot of men assume that. When a man says no, it's no. When a woman says no, it's yes, or at least maybe. There is even a joke to that effect. And little by little, women begin to believe in this view of themselves.”

Men Believe Littles Games Views Effects Jokes Abuse Assuming Rate Refusal Little Women

Book:fear of flying

Source: fear of flying

“I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.”

Believe Book Lasts I Believe Generations

Book:The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller

Source: The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller

“I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.”

People Believe Age Reading Enjoy Consciousness Historical

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“Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.”

Believe Artist Secret Cities Special Yield Venice

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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.”

People Men Believe War Reason Young Possibility Youth Old Man

Book:Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life

Source: Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life

“I believe that there's a force of life in the universe, and that when we're writing or making music or painting, we're likely to connect with that flow.”

Writing Believe Universe Force I Believe Painting Flow

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“I don't believe in organized religion. I believe that people should try to connect with their own life force and let it lead them to do with their lives what they will find satisfying.”

People Should Trying Believe Force I Believe Don't Believe Organized Satisfying Organized Religion

Author:Erica Jong

“I didn't believe in systems. Everything human was imperfect and ultimately absurd. What did I believe in then? In humor. In laughing at systems, at people, at one's self. In laughing even at one's need to laugh all the time. In seeing life as contradictory, many-sided, various, funny, tragic, and with moments of outrageous beauty. In seeing life as a fruitcake, including delicious plums and bad peanuts, but meant to be devoured hungrily all the same because you couldn't feast on the plums without also sometimes being poisoned by the peanuts.”

“I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.”

Should Believe I Believe Difficult Intellect Motherhood

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“All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.”

Knows Believe Might Natural Disaster Comforting Impotence Powerlessness Natural Disaster

Book:Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition

Source: Fear of Flying: 40th Anniversary Edition

“What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.”

Believe Humans Long Country Certain Found Lost I Believe Charm Other Countries Long Ago Permission

Book:What Do Women Want?: Bread, Roses, Sex, Power

Source: What Do Women Want?: Bread, Roses, Sex, Power

“Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage -- however often we are hurt as a result of it.”

People Believe Today Hurt Results Innocence Height Cowardice Cynicism True Courage

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“The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.”

Believe Dream Morning Stage Hardest Believe In Yourself Notebook

Author:Erica Jong

“But come back in November or December, in February or March, when the fog, la nebbia, settles upon the city like a marvelous monster, and you will have little trouble believing that things can appear and disappear in this labyrinthine city, or that time here could easily slip in its sprockets and take you, willingly or unwillingly, back.”

Believe Littles Cities Trouble Disappear Monsters Settling March Slips Marvelous Fog November December February

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About the Author

Born: March 26, 1942
Known for: Author
Quotes: 446

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Becoming Light: Poems New and SelectedRelated source material

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