Goldfinger, Pussy Galore] only needed the right man to come along and perform the laying on of hands in order to cure her psycho-pathological malady." - Meaning and context.">
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Quoted in "Ian Fleming: Pussy Galore was a lesbian... and Bond cured her", The Guardian (4 November 2015)
• In response to a (23 June 1959) letter from a Dr Gibson who had written in a previous letter: "although not a psycho-pathologist, I think it is slightly naughty of you to change a criminal Lesbian into a clinging honey-bun (to be bottled by Bond) in the last chapter." The letter is included in The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters (Bloomsbury, 2015)
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[In Goldfinger, Pussy Galore] only needed the right man to come along and perform the laying on of hands in order to cure her psycho-pathological malady.

— Ian Fleming

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[In Goldfinger, Pussy Galore] only needed the right man to come along and perform the laying on of hands in order to cure her psycho-pathological malady." in the context of "Quoted in "Ian Fleming: Pussy Galore was a lesbian... and Bond cured her", The Guardian (4 November 2015)
• In response to a (23 June 1959) letter from a Dr Gibson who had written in a previous letter: "although not a psycho-pathologist, I think it is slightly naughty of you to change a criminal Lesbian into a clinging honey-bun (to be bottled by Bond) in the last chapter." The letter is included in The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters (Bloomsbury, 2015)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Ian Fleming

About Ian Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British author and journalist who created the character of James Bond and chronicled his adventures in twelve novels and two short story collections. The children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two non-fiction books are among his other works. During the Second World War, Fleming served in the Naval Intelligence Division and, as part of his appointment, was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, rising to the rank of commander.