--- title: "1 Celibate Quotes By P.D. James" description: "1 Celibate quotes by P.D. James. Plus more from P.D. James and more Celibate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/p-d-james-7898_celibate_he-was-thirty-four-when-he-married-and-t_2430345.jpg" --- > [“He was thirty-four when he married and the decision was less an impulse of sexual or psychological need than a conviction that there was something slightly suspect about a heterosexual who remained openly celibate, a suggestion either of eccentricity or,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/he-was-thirty-four-when-he-married-and-the-decision-was-less-an/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/p-d-james-7898_celibate_he-was-thirty-four-when-he-married-and-t_2430345.jpg) ## More by P.D. James > [“I was like a little boy showing off my toys, desperate to win approval.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/i-was-like-a-little-boy-showing-off-my-toys-desperate-to-win-approval/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“Pleasure need not be less keen because there will be centuries of springs to come, their blossom unseen by human eyes, the walls will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/pleasure-need-not-be-less-keen-because-there-will-be-centuries-of/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“What do you mean by sound government?' Good public order, no corruption in high places, freedom from fear and war and crime, a reasonably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/what-do-you-mean-by-sound-government-good-public-order-no-corruption/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“I have enough trouble living with my own neurosis without coping with other people’s.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/i-have-enough-trouble-living-with-my-own-neurosis-without-coping-with/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“(A murderer about their victim:) "He was an expert in vicarious death. I should like to have been there to see how he enjoyed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/a-murderer-about-their-victim-he-was-an-expert-in-vicarious-death-i/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“had found it difficult to sleep since my husband had been killed, and now I lay rigid under the canopy of the four-poster re-living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/had-found-it-difficult-to-sleep-since-my-husband-had-been-killed-and/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“It had always been a part of his job which he found difficult, the total lack of privacy for the victim. Murder stripped away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/it-had-always-been-a-part-of-his-job-which-he-found-difficult-the/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“On the whole I’m glad; you can’t mourn for unborn grandchildren when there never was a hope of them. This planet is doomed anyway.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/on-the-whole-i-m-glad-you-can-t-mourn-for-unborn-grandchildren-when/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“Dalgliesh was too experienced to assume that fear implied guilt; it was often the most innocent who were the most terrified.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/dalgliesh-was-too-experienced-to-assume-that-fear-implied-guilt-it/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“The young seldom lie convincingly. They haven’t had time to practise like the rest of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/the-young-seldom-lie-convincingly-they-haven-t-had-time-to-practise/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“It is doubtful whether Mrs Bennet missed the company of her second daughter, but her husband certainly did. Elizabeth had always been his favourite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/it-is-doubtful-whether-mrs-bennet-missed-the-company-of-her-second/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“She had quickly learned that to show unhappiness was to risk the loss of love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/she-had-quickly-learned-that-to-show-unhappiness-was-to-risk-the-loss/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“You won't get love from a child if you don't give love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/you-won-t-get-love-from-a-child-if-you-don-t-give-love/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“Beauty is intellectually confusing; it sabotages common sense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/beauty-is-intellectually-confusing-it-sabotages-common-sense/) [P.D. James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-2/) > [“It is never so difficult to congratulate a friend on her good fortune than when that fortune appears undeserved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-2/it-is-never-so-difficult-to-congratulate-a-friend-on-her-good-fortune/) [P.D. 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