"The media should be a mirror of society, and the world is diverse. So I mean, why shouldn't the fashion industry be diverse? It's just so simple. To me it's ABC, you know? It should not even be explained. It should just be the way it is."

“I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.”

Source : Interview with John Thornhill, Peggy Hollinger, Martin Arnold, www.ft.com. February 2, 2007.

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”

“Perhaps we would do well to listen to the likes of Rabbi Harold Kushner, who contends that God is not really as powerful as we have claimed.”

“I'm a pessimistic person, I see the glass half empty even when it's full.”

“She and Marie were Montreal girls, not trained to accompany heroes, or to hold out for dreams, but just to be patient.”

Source : Mavis Gallant (2011). “Varieties of Exile”, p.200, New York Review of Books

“The American people expect the United States to keep terrorists where they belong, apart from civilized society and outside of America's borders”

“I don’t want a flashy car, just something that would allow me to stop using the Tube. And it would be good not to have to rely on my mum all the time, particularly when I have to listen to her singing in her car.”

“All the difference in the world between the movies and the thrill I get out of a play at the theater. Ay, yes! Like fooling around with paper dolls when you could be playing with a real live baby.”