"I have been so very, very fortunate in my life. I've met or been in contact with several of my childhood heroes. I've interacted with people all over this planet, and even though I couldn't possibly hope to remember all their names, I remember a photograph, a poem, a sound, a joke, kind words of encouragement. All is not lost."

“It takes all sorts to make a world - saints as well as soldiers.”

“I can't stop while there are lives to be saved.”

Source : "Edith Cavell". Helen Judson, The American Journal of Nursing (p. 871), July 1941.

“When values are clear, decisions are easy.”

Source : John Spence (2014). “Letters to a CEO”, p.110, Diversion Books

“We also knew we definitely wanted to infuse into the narrative the relation of women at different ages with motherhood, their relationship with their babies versus their partners', their overall "need" to have children, their fears and projections on their children, etc. All of this we put into a pot, if you will, and simmered for a while until we had what made sense to us.”

“He talked and talked because he didn't know what to say.”

Source : Dacia Maraini (1966). “The holiday: a novel”

“San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.”

“I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' - songs that go straight to the point.”

“Why were my visitors so secretive, hiding themselves behind my consciousness. I could only conclude that they were using me and did not want me to know why...What if they were dangerous? Then I was terribly dangerous because I was playing a role in acclimatizing people to them.”