Violent death was a great releaser of inhibitions, the convulsive kick which spun open the top of so many ant hills.
-P.D. James, born 1920, British author of crime fiction, in A Mind to Murder.
Biographical note: full name and title – Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park.
Archive for May 25th, 2008
Violent death.
Posted in Quotation, tagged crime, death, inhibitions, James, P D James, P.D. James, violent on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beauty and Goodness
Posted in Quotation, tagged beauty, goodness, illusion, Leo Tolstoy, Tolstoy on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
-Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910, Russian author
My take: a lot of guys with trophy wives have come to realize this too late.
