P.D. Jamesauthor profile |
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| born | August 03, 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| gender | female | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| website | http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pdjames/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| influences | Jane Austen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August 1920) is an English writer of crime fiction, under the name P. D. James, and a life peer in the House of Lords. |
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books by P.D. Jamescombine editionsavg rating: 3.70 | 6316 ratings | 51 distinct works
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quotes by P.D. James
"Early this morning, 1 January 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed in a pub brawl in a suburb of Buenos Aires, aged twenty-five years, two months and twelve days."
— P.D. James (The Children of Men)
— P.D. James (The Children of Men)
"Man is diminished if he lives without knowledge of his past; without hope of a future he becomes a beast."
— P.D. James (The Children of Men)
— P.D. James (The Children of Men)
""But what do you believe? I don't just mean religion. What are you sure of?"
"That once I was not and that now I am. That one day I shall no longer be.""
— P.D. James (The Children of Men)
"That once I was not and that now I am. That one day I shall no longer be.""
— P.D. James (The Children of Men)












