Drugs ruin peoples lives, break up families and have disastrous effects on our communities.

I'm the first to admit I've had a sheltered life. I grew up in the country and went to a boarding school. It was all just part of the business - be nice to everyone and all that.

I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.

I was stuck with looking like a girl. As soon as I got out of music it was straight off to the hairdressers.

The Strength of life is as strong as the strength of the hair follicle.

If only humans could die like the autumn leaves, with a splash of beauty and the promise of another season.

You have been given a great power. But no power comes without a price. That is how magic works. How the universe works. All things kept in balance.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing that solutions don’t come from individuals, but rather experiences.

Get to know who you are not, because when you know your ego the Truth of who you are will also become clear.

Then his heart, now broken into a thousand pieces, slowly began to turn to ice.

So great was my joy in God that I took no heed of looking at the angels and the saints, because all their goodness and all their beauty was from Him and in Him.

I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.

Being born is easy. So is taking your last breath. Everything in between, that's the hard part. Life is in between, and it will offer challenges and opportunities beyond measure.

I think that the heart is a lot like those wonderful fruit, like coconut and mangoes, you know, you have to break the skin, you have to break it open to get to the good part.