That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.
Erica JongThe future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
Erica JongBut come back in November or December, in February or March, when the fog, la nebbia, settles upon the city like a marvelous monster, and you will have little trouble believing that things can appear and disappear in this labyrinthine city, or that time here could easily slip in its sprockets and take you, willingly or unwillingly, back.
Erica Jong