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Member of the House of Lords

P. D. James, born on August 3, 1920 and died on November 27, 2014, was a distinguished member of the House of Lords. She was a highly acclaimed author of detective fiction, recognized for her intricate plots and complex characters.

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Famous P. D. James Quotes

“Childhood is the one prison from which there's no escape, the one sentence from which there's no appeal. We all serve our time.”

Childhood Prison Sentences Appeals Our Time One Sentence

Book:Innocent Blood

Source: Innocent Blood

“You never forget the people who were kind to you in childhood, do you, sir?”

People Kind Forget Childhood Never Forget

Book:The Lighthouse

Source: The Lighthouse

“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 the unobtainable. Like those people who were always happiest at school or university. Always going back. No reunion ever missed. It always seemed to me rather pathetic.”

People Ifs Wells School Young Wonder Childhood University Seeking Pathetic Really Happy Reunion

Author:P. D. James

“If from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.”

Ifs Inspirational Children Kids Childhood Devil Treats Adulthood Infancy Liable

Book:The Children of Men

Source: The Children of Men

About the Author

Born: August 3, 1920
Died: November 27, 2014
Known for: Member of the House of Lords
Quotes: 126

Books & Sources

The Children of MenRelated source material

Time to Be in EarnestRelated source material

A Taste for DeathRelated source material

Devices and DesiresRelated source material

Original SinRelated source material

The LighthouseRelated source material

Innocent BloodRelated source material

P. D. James’s Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries: Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder, Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, and Death of an Expert WitnessRelated source material

The Skull Beneath the Skin: A Cordelia Gray MysteryRelated source material

Trilogy of Death: Three Complete NovelsRelated source material

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