"Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music."

“Nothing is an accident: it's always someone's fault; perhaps-but no one teaches us how to live with our mistakes. Everyone is isolated, alone with his or her anguish and guilt, and too penetrating a question can mean people are not able to face one another the next day.”

Source : Nadeem Aslam (2012). “Maps for Lost Lovers”, p.200, Random House India

“Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?”

“Why should insurance companies continue to get away with limiting the skills that a health profession has always previously required of its members if they were to be considered fully trained?”

“The statistics of mines that need clearance are staggering but the truth is it's a challenge that is absolutely doable.”

“One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.”

Source : "Q&A: Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains". Interview with William Goodman, www.spin.com. August 21, 2009.

“Inadequacy of his own strength, learned from experience, impels and urges a man to enlist the help of others.”

“we lived in the gaps between the stories”

“Women weren't to be trusted. Or forgiven. Men weren't to be trusted either. Not a woman alive would dispute that.”

Source : Margaret Way (2009). “Cattle Baron: Nanny Needed”, p.146, Harlequin