All P.D. James Quotes
- What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. Detective
- When I heard, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, I thought, Did he fall or was he pushed? Dumpty
- Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe. Belief
- I don't see why escapist literature shouldn't also be a work of art. Art
- Love, always love. Perhaps that’s what we’re all looking for. All
- It's easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It's only necessary to live long, speak little and do less. Easy
- Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false. Always Genuine
- I find it extraordinary that a straightforward if inelegant device for ensuring the survival of the species should involve human beings in such emotional turmoil.… Beings
- In youth we take egregious risks because death has no reality for us. Youth goes caparisoned in immortality. It is only in middle age that… Age
- The greatest mystery of all is the human heart, All
- I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a… Efficient
- 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… Believe
- What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. Child
- It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. Autumn
- We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can… Close
- Early this morning, 1 January 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed in a pub brawl… Aged
- Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast. Beast
- But what do you believe? I don't just mean religion. What are you sure of?" "That once I was not and that now I am.… Believe
- I love the idea of bringing order out of disorder which is what the mystery is about. I like the way in which it affirms… Affirms
- Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one. Daniel
- The world of the terminally ill is the world of neither the living nor the dead. I have watched others since I watched my father,… Already Moved
- Perhaps it's only when people are dead that we can safely show how much we cared about them. We know that it's too late then… Cared
- It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed. Difficult
- It shows considerable wisdom to know what you want in life and then to direct all your energies towards getting it. All
- Every island to a child is a treasure island. Child