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The dream police will not let me have sexual fantasies.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Age: 67 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 14
Died: 2002
Died: April 24
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Queens
New York
Fantasies
Sexual
Police
Fantasy
Dream

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