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gossip ... was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.
P. D. James
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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
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Baroness James of Holland Park
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A nation that can't remember its dead will soon cease to be worth dying for.
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Childhood is the one prison from which there's no escape, the one sentence from which there's no appeal. We all serve our time.
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A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.
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read widely, not in order to copy someone else's style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the best writers have achieved their result. Poor writing is, unfortunately, infectious and should be avoided.
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