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Book: The Children of Men
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
He had begun the diary less as a record of his life {for whom and why? What life?} than as a regular and a self-indulgent exploration, a means of making sense of the past years, part catharsis, part comforting affirmation. The diary, which had become a routine part of his life, was pointless if he had to censor, to leave out, if he had to deceive not illumine.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
It was reasonable to struggle, to suffer, perhaps even to die, for a more just, a more compassionate society, but not in a world with no future where, all too soon, the very words justice, compassion, society, struggle, evil, would be unheard echoes on an empty air.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
Pleasure need not be less keen because there will be centuries of springs to come, their blossom unseen by human eyes, the walls will crumble, the trees die and rot, the gardens revert to weeds and grass, because all beauty will outlive the human intelligence which records, enjoys and celebrates it.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
This planet is doomed anyway. Eventually the sun will explode or cool and one small insignificant particle of the universe will disappear with only a tremble.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
We should not, perhaps, assume that nature has a purpose.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
The emotion he felt towards her was as mysterious as it was irrational. He needed to understand it, to define its nature, to analyse what he knew was beyond analysis. But some things now he did know, and perhaps they were all he needed to know. He wished her only good. He would put her good before his own. He could no longer be separate himself from her. He would die for her life.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
That once I was not and that now I am. That one day I shall no longer be.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
The attempt to analyse was, of course, an attempt at exorcism.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
. . . equality is a political theory not a practical policy. . .
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
I didn't love her but I did steal for her. I learned early and at that kitchen table that there are ways of avoiding, without guilt, the commitments of love.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
Your concern would have more weight with us if you were sitting -- as you could be sitting -- on this side of the table.
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P.D. James _ The Children of Men
Theo awoke to a weight of vague unease, not heavy enough to be called anxiety, but a mild unfocused depression, like the last tatters of an unremembered but disagreeable dream.
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