Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does. I have been made terribly aware of how everything can be wrenched away from you and your life torn apart. If I had known very secure nights all my life, if I had never seen or felt the fear of being tortured or deported or blown up into a million pieces, then I would not fear it.

nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity.

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.

You mustnt give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get.

There must be something wrong with those people who think Audrey Hepburn doesn’t perspire, hiccup or sneeze, because they know that’s not true. I n fact, I hiccup more than most.

I realize that most of us live on the skin - on the surface - without appreciating just how wonderful it is simply to be alive at all.

Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.