you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.
P. D. JamesIf from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.
P. D. JamesMetaphysical speculation is about as pointless as a discussion on the meaning of one's lungs. They're for breathing.
P. D. JamesI wonder if childhood is ever really happy. Just as well, perhaps. To be blissfully happy so young would leave one always seeking to recapture the unobtainable. Like those people who were always happiest at school or university. Always going back. No reunion ever missed. It always seemed to me rather pathetic.
P. D. James