"Some sitters don't engage with the process of having their portrait painted at all. They'll think it's a good opportunity to catch up with all their phone calls."

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”

“I don't get into politics, general or musical, but just call me if you get jury duty. Even in New Jersey I was able to help somebody.”

“I am still playing 'Words With Friends,' but on Virgin Atlantic.”

“This world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, and if we did our duty, it might be as full of love.”

Source : Gerald Massey (1851). “Voices of Freedom and Lyrics of Love”, p.2

“Running down on a way of life our fighting men have fought and died to keep. If you don't love it, leave it.”

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.”

“Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.”

Source : "Rowan Williams says goodbye to Canterbury in BBC documentary" by Maev Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. December 28, 2012.

“Amusement touched the corner of his lips. "Animals love me." "Oh, I'm sure they do," Scarlet said, beaming with fake encouragement. She shut the door before muttering, "What farm animals don't love a wolf?”