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P D James Quotes

A man who lives with nature is used to violence and is companionable with death. There is more violence in an English hedgerow than in the meanest streets of a great city Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

I am fifty years old and I have never known what it is to love. I can write those words, know them to be true, but feel only the regret that a tone-deaf man must feel because he can’t appreicate music, a regret less keen because it is for something never known, not for something lost Picture Quote #1

Learn to write by doing it. Read widely and wisely. Increase your word power. Find your own individual voice though practicing constantly. Go through the world with your eyes and ears open and learn to express that experience in words Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Don’t just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style Picture Quote #1

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If you are proposing to commit a sin it is as well to commit it with intelligence. Otherwise you are insulting God as well as defying Him, don’t you think? Picture Quote #1

Read widely, not in order to copy someone else’s style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the best writers have achieved their result. Poor writing is, unfortunately, infectious and should be avoided Picture Quote #1

The television image sanctified, conferred identity. The more familiar the face, the more to be trusted Picture Quote #1

Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe Picture Quote #1

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Death ... obliterates family resemblance as it does personality: there is no affinity between the living and the dead Picture Quote #1

We live in a society which salves its conscience more by helping the interestingly unfortunate than the dull deserving Picture Quote #1

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up Picture Quote #1

I learned early and at that kitchen table that there are ways of avoiding, without guilt, the commitments of love Picture Quote #1

It’s easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It’s only necessary to live long, speak little and do less Picture Quote #1

I knew the facts of death before I knew the facts of life. There never was a time when I didn’t see the skull beneath the skin Picture Quote #1

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Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other people’s future Picture Quote #1

Time didn’t heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much Picture Quote #1

It shows considerable wisdom to know what you want in life and then to direct all your energies towards getting it Picture Quote #1

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order Picture Quote #1

Life had taught him that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven Picture Quote #1

All fiction is largely autobiographical and much autobiography is, of course, fiction Picture Quote #1

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Perfect love may cast our fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting out love Picture Quote #1

No literary form is more revealing, more spontaneous or more individual than a letter Picture Quote #1

Creativity doesn’t flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear Picture Quote #1

You never forget the people who were kind to you in childhood, do you, sir? Picture Quote #1

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life Picture Quote #1

Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one Picture Quote #1

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A man who lives with nature is used to violence and is companionable with death. There is more violence in an English hedgerow than in the meanest streets of a great city (P D James Quotes) 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? (P D James Quotes) I am fifty years old and I have never known what it is to love. I can write those words, know them to be true, but feel only the regret that a tone-deaf man must feel because he can’t appreicate music, a regret less keen because it is for something never known, not for something lost (P D James Quotes) Learn to write by doing it. Read widely and wisely. Increase your word power. Find your own individual voice though practicing constantly. Go through the world with your eyes and ears open and learn to express that experience in words (P D James Quotes) 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 (P D James Quotes) Don’t just plan to write - write. It is only by writing, not dreaming about it, that we develop our own style (P D James Quotes) If you are proposing to commit a sin it is as well to commit it with intelligence. Otherwise you are insulting God as well as defying Him, don’t you think? (P D James Quotes) Read widely, not in order to copy someone else’s style, but to learn to appreciate and recognize good writing and to see how the best writers have achieved their result. Poor writing is, unfortunately, infectious and should be avoided (P D James Quotes) The television image sanctified, conferred identity. The more familiar the face, the more to be trusted. (P D James Quotes) Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure. (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. (P D James Quotes) Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe. (P D James Quotes) Death ... obliterates family resemblance as it does personality: there is no affinity between the living and the dead. (P D James Quotes) We live in a society which salves its conscience more by helping the interestingly unfortunate than the dull deserving ... (P D James Quotes) Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up. (P D James Quotes) I learned early and at that kitchen table that there are ways of avoiding, without guilt, the commitments of love. (P D James Quotes) It’s easy to get a reputation for wisdom. It’s only necessary to live long, speak little and do less. (P D James Quotes) I knew the facts of death before I knew the facts of life. There never was a time when I didn’t see the skull beneath the skin. (P D James Quotes) Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other people’s future. (P D James Quotes) Time didn’t heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much. (P D James Quotes) It shows considerable wisdom to know what you want in life and then to direct all your energies towards getting it. (P D James Quotes) What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order (P D James Quotes) Life had taught him that the unforgivable was usually the most easily forgiven (P D James Quotes) All fiction is largely autobiographical and much autobiography is, of course, fiction (P D James Quotes) Perfect love may cast our fear, but fear is remarkably potent in casting out love (P D James Quotes) No literary form is more revealing, more spontaneous or more individual than a letter (P D James Quotes) Creativity doesn’t flourish in an atmosphere of despotism, coercion and fear (P D James Quotes) You never forget the people who were kind to you in childhood, do you, sir? (P D James Quotes) It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life (P D James Quotes) Daniel supposed he had a secret life. Most people did; it was hardly possible to live without one (P D James Quotes)

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