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Erica Jong
“Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.”
Erica Jong, Fear of Flying

Erica Jong
“The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.”
Erica Jong, How to Save Your Own Life

Erica Jong
“I don't think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am. I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star”
Erica Jong

Babette Deutsch
“Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age.”
Babette Deutsch

Erica Jong
“You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner. Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare”
Erica Jong

233 ¡ POETRY ! — 22583 members — last activity Dec 24, 2025 01:37PM
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