Death Quote by P.D. James — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports.”

“I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go?”

“Women were different, no doubt about it. Men broke so much more quickly. Grief didn't break women. Instead it wore them down, it hollowed them out very slowly.”

“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought against my color with no chance of defense. We should all be dead. I thought I should like to see us all dead, one on top of the other. A pyramid of flesh with the whitefolks on the bottom, as the broad base, then the Indians with their silly tomahawks and teepees and wigwams and treaties, the Negroes with their mops and recipes and cotton sacks and spirituals sticking out of their mouths. The Dutch children should all stumble in their wooden shoes and break their necks. The French should choke to death on the Louisiana Purchase (1803) while silkworms ate all the Chinese with their stupid pigtails. As a species, we were an abomination. All of us.”

“And the thing about trying to cheat death is that, in the end, you still lose.”

“Yes, blood for blood, his bitter loan came due. He paid with death.”