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Divorce is my generation's coming of age ceremony - a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.

Divorce is my generation's coming of age ceremony - a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.

Erica Jong
Divorce, Age, Generations
Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.165, Penguin

In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap, our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.

Erica Jong
Passion, Divorce, Motherhood
Erica Jong (2006). “Fear of Fifty”, p.15, Penguin

There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship-only backward. You try to start again but get into blaming over and over. Finally you are both worn out, exhausted, hopeless. Then lawyers are called in to pick clean the corpses. The death has occurred much earlier.

Erica Jong
Marriage, Broken Heart, Divorce
Erica Jong (1995). “How to Save Your Own Life”, N A L Trade

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