you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that's okay that's alright because we're all meant to be like that at twenty-four.

I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades.

This might sound really foolish, but when I came to Edinburgh in 1988 I had spent nearly all my life living south of Bristol, and I was just amazed that a city like Edinburgh was actually in the British isles.

I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember.

He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference.