"As an artist, I think it is important for us to mark places in history where we have made progress, to celebrate by expressing that reality."

“With blinded eyes I stared at the sky, this grey, endless sky of a crazy god, who had made life and death for his amusement.”

Source : Erich Maria Remarque (1937). “Three Comrades”

“Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.”

“Friendship is the most constant, the most enduring, the most basic part of love.”

“I have lived in many places over the years - sung in many languages too but hearing the Treorchy Male Choir made me realise how deep my feelings are, and always will be, for our beloved Land of Song. Glorious years of hard work and glorious music! Well done! I am only half Welsh - but these sincere good wishes and congratulations come from all of me!”

“I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic, and the others either give me a stiff neck or lockjaw.”

“What I do is play soccer, which is what I like.”

“I don't work with a stylist.”

“Faith allows us to enter peacefully into the dark night which faces every one of us at one time or another.”

Source : Catherine de Hueck Doherty, Mary Achterhoff (1992). “Grace in every season: through the year with Catherine Doherty : daily reflections”, Servant Pubns