"There's a pigeon's nest on the branch of the tree outside the window. A chick is growing up in it. I'm happy about that"

“He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird.”

“With so many scientific achievements we know so little of where we came from and where we are going. But we know even less of the most important discovery of all – Love. Only love can accept our differences as we journey through life. And only love can allow space for our growth.”

“Self-recognition is necessary to know one's road, but, knowing the road, the price of the mistakes and perils is worth paying. The following of that road will be all the discipline one needs. Discipline does not mean being molded by outside forces, but sticking to one's road against the forces that would deflect or bury the soul. People speak of finding one”

Source : Randolph Bourne (1992). “The Radical Will: Selected Writings, 1911-1918”, p.133, Univ of California Press

“Surgical knowledge depends on long practice, not from speculations.”

“The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is later.”

“I always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they're energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people. They're nice people, you know. Aggressive, and I respect that aggressiveness because you need it in their situation.”

“His hands as he worked were deft and sure, but so gentle -- he was being careful not to hurt me any more than he had to. I sat very still, hardly daring to move. I was in love with him. The knowledge swept through me, truer than anything I'd ever known. Oh, my God, I was in love with him.”

Source : L.A. Weatherly (2010). “Angel: The Angel Trilogy”, p.158, Usborne Publishing Ltd

“I was raised in a time where children were still seen and not heard basically, so I think a lot of us in my generation went the other way and just tried to be as much more liberal and open and we're still paying for it.”