Children of Men (2006) · 24 quotes
Tied for 4th most-quoted character in Children of Men (2006): in 3 of its 24 quotes
A line from MiriamAs the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices.
Miriam I was 31. Midwife at the John Radcliffe. I was doing a stint in the antenatal clinic. Three of my patients miscarried in one week. Others were in their fifth and sixth month. We managed to save two of the poor babies. Next week, five more miscarried. Then the miscarriages started happening earlier. I remember booking a woman in for her next appointment and noticing that the page seven months ahead was completely blank. Not a single name.
Everything is a mythical, cosmic battle between faith and chance.
Miriam Maybe I shouldn't.
You already did. Take another one. Now cough. What do you taste?
Miriam Strawberries!
Strawberries? That's what it's called: Strawberry Cough!
Wicked!
So. You've got faith over here, right? And chance over there.
Miriam Like yin and yang.
Sort of.
Miriam Or Shiva and Shakti.
Lennon and McCartney!
Yeah, there you go! Julian and Theo met among a million protestors in a rally by chance. But they were there because of what they believed in in the first place, their faith. They wanted to change the world. And their faith kept them together. But by chance, Dylan was born.
Yeah, that's him. He'd have been about your age. Magical child. Beautiful. Their faith put in praxis.
Miriam "Praxis"? What happened?
Chance. He was their sweet little dream. He had little hands, little legs, little feet. Little lungs. 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?
Baby's got Theo's eyes.
Yeah.
Miriam Oh, boy. That's terrible. But, you know, everything happens for a reason.
That, I don't know. But Theo and Julian would always bring Dylan. He loved it here.
