# Quote — P.D. James, A Certain Justice

> Over the tea Enid said: "You know who controls this estate, don't you?"
>
> "Yes, the children."
>
> "The kids, the bloody kids. Complain to the police or the council and you get a brick through your window. Tell 'em off and like as not you get an earful of foul language and burning rags through the letter-box next day. And if they catch the little bastards and take them to youth court, what happens? Bloody nothing. They come home laughing. They're in gangs now by the time they're eight."
>
> Of course they are, thought Kate. How else can they survive?

- Author: [P.D. James](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pd-james.md)
- Book: [A Certain Justice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pd-james/a-certain-justice.md)
- Page: 261
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