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Oh the piercing sadness of life in the midst of its ordinariness!

Iris Murdoch

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
Piercing
Unhappiness
Midst
Sadness
Life
Ordinariness

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