6 Quotes & Sayings By Peter James

Peter James's over one million copies of his novels have been translated into twenty-eight languages. In 2010 he was awarded the title of OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature. He has been a finalist for the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award and the Romantic Novel of the Year prize. James is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the British Academy, and was awarded an Honorary Degree from City University, London Read more

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The history of the human race doesn’t make happy reading, does it? I’ve seen a lot of sadness during my time, but I’ve seen seen a lot of things that have kept my faith in humanity alive too. If there were no bad things in the world, we’d have nothing to measure the good against, would we? The light can only shine in darkness. Peter James
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I'm sure that's when you really know you are happy - when you wake up wanting to embrace your future, rather than trying to squirm away from your past. Peter James
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We don't rise to the level of our abilities, we fall to the level of our excuses Peter James
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He remembered a conversation he'd once had with a Chief Constable some years back, when he asked the Chief if in his experience he believed there was such a thing as the 'perfect murder'. The Chief had replied that there was. 'It's the one we never hear about, ' he said. Peter James
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There are people who can achieve huge success in life, while adding a bit of fun and a splash of colour to this increasingly grey world. Peter James