P. D. James Quotes About Doe
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Death ... obliterates family resemblance as it does personality: there is no affinity between the living and the dead.
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Of the four billion life forms which have existed on this planet, three billion, nine hundred and sixty million are now extinct. We don't know why. Some by wanton extinction, some through natural catastrophe, some destroyed by meteorites and asteroids. In the light of these mass extinctions it really does seem unreasonable to suppose that Homo sapiens should be exempt. Our species will have been one of the shortest-lived of all, a mere blink, you may say, in the eye of time.
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I find it extraordinary that a straightforward if inelegant device for ensuring the survival of the species should involve human beings in such emotional turmoil. Does sex have to be taken so seriously?
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P. D. James
- Born: August 3, 1920
- Died: November 27, 2014
- Occupation: Member of the House of Lords
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