P.D. James Quote
Has it ever occurred to you that a woman, when she is powerful, is more powerful than a man? Powerful in a different way, perhaps. Laud said: It’s a power partly based on fear. Perhaps the fear is atavistic, memories of babyhood. Women change the nappy, give the breast or withhold it. Langton said with a faint smile: Not now, apparently. Fathers change nappies and it’s usually a bottle. But I’m right, Hubert, about power and fear. I wouldn’t say it outside these walls, but life in Chambers would be a great deal easier if Venetia fell under that convenient Number 11 bus. He paused, and then asked the question to which he needed an answer. So I have your support, have I? Can I take it that I’m your choice to succeed you as Head of Chambers?
Has it ever occurred to you that a woman, when she is powerful, is more powerful than a man? Powerful in a different way, perhaps. Laud said: It’s a power partly based on fear. Perhaps the fear is atavistic, memories of babyhood. Women change the nappy, give the breast or withhold it. Langton said with a faint smile: Not now, apparently. Fathers change nappies and it’s usually a bottle. But I’m right, Hubert, about power and fear. I wouldn’t say it outside these walls, but life in Chambers would be a great deal easier if Venetia fell under that convenient Number 11 bus. He paused, and then asked the question to which he needed an answer. So I have your support, have I? Can I take it that I’m your choice to succeed you as Head of Chambers?
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