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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

“The greatest mystery of all is the human heart.”

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“All these problems [deciding cases] are easier for people who believe in God. Those of us who don't or can't have to do the best we can. That's what the law is, the best we can do. Human justice is imperfect, but it's the only justice we have.”

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“Of all the things that human beings did together, the sexual act was the one with the most various of reasons.”

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Book:The Skull Beneath the Skin: A Cordelia Gray Mystery

Source: The Skull Beneath the Skin: A Cordelia Gray Mystery

“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 in a suburb of Buenos Aires, aged twenty-five years, two months and twelve days.”

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Book:The Children of Men

Source: The Children of Men

“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 the sanity of human life and exorcises irrational guilts.”

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“Time didn't heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much.”

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“If our sex life were determined by our first youthful experiments, most of the world would be doomed to celibacy. In no area of human experience are human beings more convinced that something better can be had only if they persevere.”

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“Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.”

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Book:Devices and Desires

Source: Devices and Desires

“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. Does sex have to be taken so seriously?”

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Book:Devices and Desires

Source: Devices and Desires

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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