The Children of Men

by

P. D. James

A driver who ferries Theo to his meeting with Xan and the rest of the Council. Theo starts a conversation with him, which leads to Hedges’s resigned musings on the idea of humanity as one of God’s “experiments” that went “wrong,” and, further, the idea that God inflicted mass infertility on humanity as an “intervention” because humanity was so obviously damaged and destructive.

Hedges Quotes in The Children of Men

The The Children of Men quotes below are all either spoken by Hedges or refer to Hedges. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11 Quotes

“Perhaps His experiment went spectacularly wrong, sir. Perhaps He’s just bagged. Seeing the mess, not knowing how to put it right. Perhaps not wanting to put it right. Perhaps He only had enough power left for one final intervention. So He made it. Whoever He is, whatever He is, I hope He burns in His own hell.”

Related Characters: Hedges (speaker), Theodore “Theo” Faron
Page Number: 90-91
Explanation and Analysis:
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Hedges Quotes in The Children of Men

The The Children of Men quotes below are all either spoken by Hedges or refer to Hedges. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
History, Mythology, and Memory Theme Icon
).
Chapter 11 Quotes

“Perhaps His experiment went spectacularly wrong, sir. Perhaps He’s just bagged. Seeing the mess, not knowing how to put it right. Perhaps not wanting to put it right. Perhaps He only had enough power left for one final intervention. So He made it. Whoever He is, whatever He is, I hope He burns in His own hell.”

Related Characters: Hedges (speaker), Theodore “Theo” Faron
Page Number: 90-91
Explanation and Analysis: