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People were excited by violence. What, after all, was the sexual act but a voluntarily endured assault, a momentary death?

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P. D. James
Age: 94 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 3
Died: 2014
Died: November 27
Member Of The House Of Lords
Novelist
Politician
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Phyllis Dorothy James
Phyllis Dorothy James
Baroness James of Holland Park
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Baroness Phyllis Dorothy James
Violence
Death
People
Voluntarily
Endured
Momentary
Assault
Sexual
Excited

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