-
“You are the best friend you will ever have. In the presence of your true self you will become the most peaceful, the most relaxed, the most natural person possible.”
-
“My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life.”
Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2009. 
-
“Almost everything, if one keeps one's eyes open, is potential material for painting.”
-
“If a quick glance back over world history shows us anything, it shows us that war was one of our most universal joys from our earliest beginnings, savored at every possible opportunity and even some quite incomprehensible ones ...”
-
“I know that they're all unhappy because nobody loves the right person the way they should and because they don't understand that it's really their own self that they're mad at.”
-
“We're capable of understanding that someone has to drop an atomic bomb on a town of innocent civilians, but not that others have to cut up prostitutes who spread disease and moral depravity in the slums of London. Hence we call the former realism and the latter madness.”
Source : Jo Nesbo (2010). “The Snowman: Harry Hole 7”, p.245, Random House
-
“A baby was sleeping, Its mother was weeping.”
Source : Samuel Lover, Miss E. L. Williams (1857). “Songs and entertainment of Miss E.L. Williams, the Welsh nightingale ...”, p.15
-
“I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.”
Source : "A Tale Of Two Cities: Author Donna Leon's Venice". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 13, 2012.
