When the Bough Breaks Quotes

“Civilisation is an endless struggle to maintain the balance between the permissible and the forbidden – and yet none of you really understand that.”
― Christopher G. Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks

“If the occupying power happened to use too much force, they created new enemies; if they used too little force, they convinced the population that the occupying force was not prepared to take risks to defend them.  Or, for that matter, that a few bloody noses could cause them to retreat.”
― Christopher G. Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks

“University had long ago stopped producing anything but graduates with a huge sense of entitlement and very few prospects.”
― Christopher G. Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks

“None of the students had really appreciated their own ignorance, or how easy it was for someone with bad intentions to manipulate them into starting a riot.”
― Christopher G. Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks

“For want of a nail, a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, a horse was lost; for want of a horse, a message was lost; for want of a message, a battle was lost; for want of a battle, a campaign was lost; for want of a campaign, a war was lost; for want of a war, a kingdom was lost ...”
― Christopher Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks

“Right,” Chong said sarcastically.  “Next time perhaps we could surrender and call it a tactical strike without arms.”
― Christopher Nuttall, When the Bough Breaks