Source: The Children of Men
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Famous P. D. James Quotes
“The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.”
Source: The Children of Men
Source: The Children of Men
Source: The Children of Men
“There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness.”
Source: Unnatural Causes
Source: Devices and Desires
“Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.”
“Increase your word power. Words are the raw material of our craft.”
“The modern holy trinity is money, sex and celebrity.”
Source: The murder room
“What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.”
“When I heard, Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, I thought, Did he fall or was he pushed?”
“I don't see why escapist literature shouldn't also be a work of art.”
Source: Time to Be in Earnest
“Love, always love. Perhaps that’s what we’re all looking for.”
Source: A Certain Justice: An Adam Dalgliesh Novel
Source: Original Sin
“Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.”
Source: The Children of Men
Source: Devices and Desires
Source: Devices and Desires