Children Of Men Quotes

Front 1

"I can't really remember when I last had any hope, and I certainly can't remember when anyone else did either."

Back 1

Theo

Front 2

"Same as every other day.
Woke up, felt like sh*t.
Went to work, felt like sh*t."

Back 2

Theo-his birthday

Front 3

"Even if they discovered the cure for infertility, doesn't matter.
Too late. World went to sh*t.
Know what?
It was too late before the infertility thing happened for f*ck's sake."

Back 3

Theo

Front 4

"A hundred years from now there won't be one sad f*ck to look at any of this. What keeps you going?

-You know what it is Theo? I just don't think about it."

Back 4

Theo with his cousin Nigel about the Ark of the Arts

Front 5

"At least with a hangover I feel something"

Back 5

Theo

Front 6

"You're smoking?
-Yeah, it's not working."

Back 6

Theo with Julian.

Front 7

"Well that was even worse, everybody crying.
I mean... Baby Diego? Come on, the guy was a wanker!"

Back 7

Theo

Front 8

"The police keep using that old photo of you in the posters. It doesn't do you justice.

-What do the police know about justice?"

Back 8

Theo with Julian.

Front 9

"You tell me the f*cking reason in that!"

Back 9

Theo to Miriam when Jasper is shot.
Earlier, Miriam remarked that "everything happens for a reason." in response to hearing of Theo's son's death which Theo overheard.

Front 10

"Your baby is the miracle the whole world has been waiting for."

Back 10

Jasper to Kee.

Front 11

"After escaping the worst atrocities and making it to England, our government hunts them down like cockroaches"

Back 11

Jasper about the immigrants.

Front 12

"Pull my finger."

Back 12

Jasper. Come on, you have to put it in.

Front 13

"And in 2008, along came the flu pandemic. And then, by chance, he was gone. You see, Theo's faith lost out to chance. So, why bother if life's going to make its own choices?"

Back 13

Jasper about Dylan's death.

Front 14

"As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in.
Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices."

Back 14

Miriam.

Front 15

"I never seen a pregnant woman before.
...I felt like a freak.
...I thought about the Quietus thing.
...Then the baby kicked.
I feel it. Little bastard was alive. And I feel it.
And me, too. I am alive."

Back 15

Kee.

Front 16

"And now one for all the nostalgics out there.
A blast from the past all the way back from 2003, that beautiful time when people refused to accept that the future was just around the corner."

Back 16

Radio

Front 17

"Julian was wrong. She thought it could be peaceful. But how can it be peaceful when they try to take away your dignity?"

Back 17

Luke

Front 18

"No, they're the Repenters.
The Renouncers flagellate themselves for the
forgiveness of humanity.

-Dating ain't what it used to be, is it amigo?"

Back 18

Theo and Jasper talking about women.

Front 19

"You could always come and live with us.
-Yeah, but if I did that, I wouldn't have anything to look forward to."

Back 19

Jasper and Theo

Front 20

"I don't talk politics.

-It's all you ever used to do.

That was twenty years ago, I'm a lot more successful now."

Back 20

Theo and Julian

Front 21

"She's my house cleaner.
He's the plumber.
He's my dentist.
He's the waiter.
She's my cousin.
They are illegal immigrants.
To hire, feed or shelter illegal immigrants is a
crime. Protect Britain. Report all illegal immigrants."

Back 21

Radio on the bus

Front 22

"Oh Theo come on you came for the money.

-Did I?"

Back 22

Theo and Julian

Front 23

"F*ck you staring at?"

Back 23

Kee's first line. Nice first impression for the savior of humanity.

Front 24

"One time the police came to throw us out of our squat, and Theo invited them up for coffee to negotiate.
Only the coffee was spiked with Ketamine."

Back 24

Julian-
Theo in the old days

Front 25

"But Julian said only trust you"

Back 25

Kee to Theo

Front 26

"I was carrying the baby up the stairs. I
started crying. I'd forgotten what they
look like, they're so beautiful."

Back 26

Luke

Front 27

"I'll call my baby Dylan. It's a girl's
name too"

Back 27

Kee. Gives Theo a final smile as he passes away.

Front 28

"Every time
one of our politicians is in trouble, a
bomb explodes."

Back 28

Jasper

Front 29

"Daddy government hands out suicide kits
and anti-depressants in the rations, but
Ganja is still illegal."

Back 29

Jasper

Front 30

"The Fishes are at war with the
British government until they recognize
equal rights for every immigrant in
Britain."

Back 30

Ahm... One of the fish guys?

Front 31

"That’s the sound of the ear cells dying.
Like their swan song. Once it’s gone,
you’ll never hear that frequency again."

Back 31

Julian

Front 32

"And in
his anger he has taken away his most
precious gift to us."

Back 32

Religious preacher dude with the megaphone.

Front 33

"You think I got over it? No-one could
get over it. I live with it. I think
about him every day."

Back 33

Julian