Things that we have to really dare ourselves to do come quite naturally to others.

Sometimes we don't notice that someone is being brave, because they are only doing something that seems quite easy for us.

Psychiatry in this place is like serving an in-flight meal in the middle of a plane crash. If I wanted to make you well, as a doctor, I should be giving you a parachute, not a cheese-and-pickle sandwich.

I think bravery means a different thing to everyone.

It is easier for a rich person to act on their principles than it is for someone with fewer choices (which is why it is all the more disappointing when a wealthy person plays to the crowd).

My paternal grandmother drove ambulances during the regional Blitz, in Birmingham.

In a few breaths' time I will speak some sad words to you. But you must hear them the same way we have agreed to see scars now. Sad words are just another beauty.