128 Quotes by P. D. James

The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.

The great tragedy of Alzheimer's disease, and the reason why we dread it, is that it leaves us with no defence, not even against those who love us.

Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.

Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.

Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel.

Any visitor to an historic country town or city quickly becomes aware in his or her peregrinations that the most attractive houses in the centre are invariably the offices of lawyers.

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

Great literature cannot grow from a neglected or impoverished soil. Only if we actually tend or care will it transpire that every hundred years or so we might get a Middlemarch.

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