Famous PD James Quotes

  • The world of the terminally ill is the world of neither the living nor the dead. – PD James

    The world of the terminally ill is the world of neither the living nor the dead.– PD James

  • We all die alone. We shall endure death as once we endured birth. You can’t share either experience. – PD James

    We all die alone. We shall endure death as once we endured birth. You can’t share either experience.– PD James

  • What mattered at fifty-eight was what had mattered at eighteen: breeding and good bone structure. – PD James

    What mattered at fifty-eight was what had mattered at eighteen: breeding and good bone structure.– PD James

  • All the motives for murder are covered by four Ls: Love, Lust, Lucre and Loathing. – PD James

    All the motives for murder are covered by four Ls: Love, Lust, Lucre and Loathing.– PD James

  • If from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils. – PD James

    If from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.– PD James

  • There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness. – PD James

    There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness.– PD James

  • Absolute nakedness was intrusive, confusing to the senses. Paradoxically, it both revealed and diminished identity. – PD James

    Absolute nakedness was intrusive, confusing to the senses. Paradoxically, it both revealed and diminished identity.– PD James

  • What is there to be frightened of? We shall be dealing only with men. – PD James

    What is there to be frightened of? We shall be dealing only with men.– PD James

  • Violent death erase[s] more than the semblance of life. – PD James

    Violent death erase[s] more than the semblance of life.– PD James

  • It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed. – PD James

    It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.– PD James