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Authors
P. D. James
English
Novelist
About the author
There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist
#Time
#God
God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist
#God
We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist
#Friends
#Enemies
#English
#Obligation
What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist
#Order
#Murder
It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist
#Life
#English
#Memory
In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist
#People
#Today
#Secrets
#Motives
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.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist
#War
#Fascism
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist
#May
#First
#Kindness
What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
P. D. James,
English
Novelist