Dystopian Author Quotes

P. D. James Any visitor to an historic country town or city quickly becomes aware in his or her peregrinations that the most attractive houses in […]

P. D. James First-class travel, provided one hasn’t to pay for it oneself, is the most insidiously addictive of life’s luxuries.

P. D. James You never forget the people who were kind to you in childhood, do you, sir?

P. D. James gossip … was like any other commodity in the marketplace. You received it only if you had something of value to give.

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

P. D. James Unnatural death always provoked a peculiar unease, an uncomfortable realization that there were still some things that might not be susceptible to bureaucratic […]

P. D. James The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven’t a chance of getting.

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

P. D. James Perhaps it’s only when people are dead that we can safely show how much we cared about them. We know that it’s too […]