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It was easy enough to kill yourself in a fit of despair. It was easy enough to play the martyr. It was harder to do nothing. To endure your life. To wait.
It was easy enough to kill yourself in a fit of despair. It was easy enough to play the martyr. It was harder to do nothing. To endure your life. To wait.
Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
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- Erica Jong
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- Approximate author period: c. 1942 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1942; activity date not established; Wikidata Q236950, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236950 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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