P. D. James Quotes

"God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest."
- P. D. James
(Related: God)

"We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends."
- P. D. James
(Related: Enemies, English, Friends, Obligation)

"What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order."
- P. D. James
(Related: Murder, Order)

"It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life."
- P. D. James
(Related: Life, English, Memory)

"In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets."
- P. D. James
(Related: People, Motives, Secrets, Today)

"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 war against fascism."
- P. D. James
(Related: War, Fascism)

"Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up."
- P. D. James
(Related: First, Kindness, May)

"What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give."
- P. D. James