"Initially when our foundations are rocked, when we lose our external security, we feel very fragile. In that moment, we have a choice. Am I the Phoenix and rise from the ashes or do I just keep wallowing in the ashes?"

“And your police are like our police in the Realm?' Blue said. 'They flog you if you do something wrong and cut off your hand if you’re caught stealing?' No, they don’t do that, Henry said uncertainly. Why not? It’s pretty silly not to, isn’t it?' Blue said.”

“I think the cultural programming on the ABC is one of the glories of the ABC.”

“Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.”

“I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.”

“Anyone that's trying to do something to improve sound... that's all good.”

“I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.”

“I've turned over a new leaf. On TV, Kenny Wallace said I was a pessimist after Charlotte, so I got mad. Now I am so excited about coming back that I just can't stand it. I wish we were starting tomorrow and I'm going to win! That's the new me.”

“The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to testify.”

Source : "A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great" by J. B. Bury, 2nd edition, (p. 683), 1913.