The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
Erica JongHarriet van Horne He makes love to me expertly, mechanically, coldly... He's pressing all my buttons, as if I were a pocket calculator.
Erica JongIt's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present.
Erica Jong