P. D. James Quotes about Children

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What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

P. D. James

Children, Parenting, Happy Kid

P. D. James (2011). “Time to Be in Earnest”, p.11, Faber & Faber

If from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.

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Inspirational, Children, Kids

P. D. James (2010). “The Children of Men”, p.23, Vintage

Every island to a child is a treasure island.

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Children, Islands, Treasure

P. D. James (2008). “The Lighthouse”, p.82, Faber & Faber

Children live in occupied territory. The brave and the foolhardy openly rebel against authority, whether harsh or benign. But most tread warily, outwardly accommodating themselves to alien mores and edicts while living in secret their iconoclastic and subversive lives.

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Children, Brave, Secret

P. D. James (2007). “Time to Be in Earnest”, p.20, Vintage

The weekend break had begun with the usual resentment and had continued with half-repressed ill humour. It was, of course, his fault. He had been more ready to hurt his wife's feelings and deprive his daughter than inconvenience a pub bar full of strangers. He wished there could be one memory of his dead child which wasn't tainted with guilt and regret.

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Daughter, Hurt, Children

P. D. James (2010). “The Children of Men”, p.101, Vintage