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.
"Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park", Officer of the Order of the British Empire/OBE, Royal Society of Arts / FRSA, Royal Society of Literature / FRSL, known as "P. D. James", was an English crime writer. She rose to fame for her series of detective novels starring police commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous novelists! More P. D. James on Wikipedia.What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
Jealousy, he thought, was as physical as fear; the same dryness of the mouth, the thudding heart, the restlessness which destroyed appetite and peace.
It was not... that she was unaware of the frayed and ragged edges of life. She would merely iron them out with a firm hand and neatly hem them down.
What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.
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?
We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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