If from infancy you treat children as gods they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.
Quotes from The Children of Men — P. D. James
1920–2014 England
16 quotes
The Children of Men (1992)
The Children of Men (1992)
We all die alone. We shall endure death as once we enjoyed birth. You can't share either experience.
The Children of Men (1992)
I didn't love him, but I liked him being in love with me.
The Children of Men (1992)
Whatever else I am now, I'm never bored.
The Children of Men (1992)
The Children of Men (1992)
You're going to have to, Xan. You may have to kill her, too.
The Children of Men (1992)
The Children of Men (1992)
Darling, you can't promise that...but I like to hear you say it.
The Children of Men (1992)
The Children of Men (1992)
I'm not a tyrant, but I can't afford to be merciful. Whatever it is necessary to do, I will do it.
The Children of Men (1992)
The Children of Men (1992)
We do. The question is, how do you?
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The Children of Men (1992)
The Children of Men (1992)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: P. D. James (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.