"I know absolutely nothing about the 20th Century."

“What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable.”

“Regrets are about decisions that you know you should have done different.”

“There are words and there are feelings and somewhere between where the two meet is the truth”

Source : Laura Dave (2007). “London Is the Best City in America”, p.246, Penguin

“Don't settle for comfortable misery, a sad state where you're hanging on to what is most predictable and familiar at the risk of letting exciting opportunities pass you by.”

Source : Dan Miller (2008). “No More Dreaded Mondays: Ignite Your Passion - and Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work”, p.68, Crown Business

“Most writers spend their lives standing a little apart from the crowd, watching and listening and hoping to catch that tiny hint of despair, that sliver of malice, that makes them think, 'Aha, here is the story.'”

“The more I've walked through tough times, the stronger I've become.”

“What really matters is the name you succeed in imposing on the facts - not the facts themselves.”

“There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.”