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Quote by Erica Jong
Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our lif

Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life – when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love. – Erica Jong

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There is still the feeling that womens writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge. – Erica Jong

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When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order. – Erica Jong

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True poets are those who have received from God, together with the gift of expression, the power of penetrating further than others into the things of the heart and the life. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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