P. D. James Quotes

P. D. James — English Novelist born on August 03, 1920, died on November 27, 2014

Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL, known as P. D. James, was an English crime writer. She rose to fame for her series of detective novels starring police commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh... (wikipedia)

God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

P. D. James Quotes

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