Ian McEwan Quote

This is our mammalian conflict – what to give to the others, and what to keep for yourself. Treading that line, keeping the others in check, and being kept in check by them, is what we call morality.


Enduring Love (1997)


This is our mammalian conflict – what to give to the others, and what to keep for yourself. Treading that line, keeping the others in check, and...

This is our mammalian conflict – what to give to the others, and what to keep for yourself. Treading that line, keeping the others in check, and...

This is our mammalian conflict – what to give to the others, and what to keep for yourself. Treading that line, keeping the others in check, and...

This is our mammalian conflict – what to give to the others, and what to keep for yourself. Treading that line, keeping the others in check, and...