Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

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You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.

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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow talent to the dark place where it leads.

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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.

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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.

Erica Jong in O Magazine (2003)
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

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Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.

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Love is everything it's cracked up to beIt really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

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