A Mind to Murder Quotes

“Right and wrong stood for him as immutable as the two poles. He had never wandered in that twilight country where the nuances of evil and good cast their perplexing shadows.”
― P.D. James, A Mind to Murder

“It was a well-known witticism that you had to be exceptionally sane to be accepted for treatment at the Steen.”
― P.D. James, A Mind to Murder

“She would not wish anyone violently dead but, since it had happened, one might as well make the most of it.”
― P.D. James, A Mind to Murder

“Albertine Maddox had been a surgeon and a highly successful one before she qualified as a psychiatrist. It was perhaps typical of her colleagues’ ambivalence towards their specialty that Dr. Maddox’s double qualification enhanced her standing their eyes.”
― P.D. James, A Mind to Murder

“It was the fastest way,” said Dalgliesh, wondering if he should apologize for living in the twentieth century. “And I wanted to see you as soon as possible.”
― P.D. James, A Mind to Murder

“She strutted into the room, armour-plated in white linen, belligerent as a battleship. The bib of her apron, starched rigid as a board, curved against a formidable bosom on which she wore her nursing badges like medals of war.”
― P.D. James, A Mind to Murder