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Phyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the fictional British police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh.

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Quotes from P. D. James

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

—P. D. James

autumn

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

—P. D. James

giving

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 if only they persevere.

—P. D. James

sex celibacy perseverence