“I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fasci...” — P. D. James Quote

“I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.”

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

“There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.”

“We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.”

“What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.”

“Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.”

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.”

“In the early days of the military Arpanet, my daughter was studying in Nicaragua. Because the U.S. was essentially at war with them, contact was difficult. I managed to use MIT's Arpanet connection, and she found one, so we could communicate thanks to the Pentagon!”

“Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken.”

“I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents.”

“Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.”

“A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.”