A newborn has more skills than does a politician. The infant babbles, burbles, cuddles, coos; the politician just babbles.

I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

I have a body, an emotional body and a mental body, but I am none of these. I am nothing and everything. I am an indivisible particle of oneness that can no longer be categorised

Let me nurture my wings, for I was born to fly.

To see more than a reflection requires us to filter what we see, to view the world with honest eyes.

Ignore people who say you can't do it, even if this person is yourself.

I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.

You can swim (uncomfortably) in water at a temperature slightly above freezing; a tiny drop in temperature-or a miracle-allows you to walk on water.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.

All I had was natural ability.

If you're bored of the songs, you're bored of the songs. There's not much you can do.