There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can’t we study peace?

Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.

I may not always be offered work, but I'll always have my family.

To have beautiful lips, say beautiful things. To have beautiful eyes, look at people and see the good in them.

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.

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

Well, it's nice being top banana in the shock department.