"He was discovering that even hatred died a little at the end. But it still lasted longer than desire, longer even than love.

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You won't get love from a child if you don't give love.

More P. D. James quotes
"She had quickly learned that to show unhappiness was to risk the loss of love.
"I learned early and at that kitchen table that there are ways of avoiding, without guilt, the commitments of love.
"I am fifty years old and I have never known what it is to love. I can write those words, know them to be true, but feel only the regret that a tone-de...
"I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.
"There are few couples as unhappy as those who are too proud to admit their unhappiness.


