I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

At the end of my trial, I was rather hoping the judge would send me to Australia for the rest of my life.

I want to be your stranger across a crowded room.

There are defining moments in one's life when you learn about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.

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And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be - no, it's there every day of my life.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.