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One Quotes by P.D. James
- The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been…
- Of the four billion life forms which have existed on this planet, three billion, nine hundred and sixty million are now extinct. We don't know…
- 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…
- It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.
- 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.…
- Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one.
- I wonder if childhood is ever really happy. Just as well, perhaps. To be blissfully happy so young would leave one always seeking to recapture…
- Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the…
- It is surely unreasonable to credit that only one small star in the immensity of the universe is capable of developing and supporting intelligent life.…
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