For the spouse of someone in the service, you are your own provider, your own lover, you own best friend while that person's gone - the mother and father if you have kids.

When you're on a submarine you're usually underwater for months at a time, and you don't get to Skype or make phone calls. When you get messages, they're maybe two sentences. They're very short.

You can succeed beyond the past, but not beyond your belief

Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.

The negatives were [Adolf Hitler] political philosophies, but neither Eva [Braun] or I knew anything that was going on.

The great conservative insight is that order is really hard to achieve. It’s really precious, and it’s really easy to lose.

President Trump has been very public about the fact that Aleppo is a humanitarian crisis that's been all but ignored by America for far long.

Immigration, a lexicon. You're a 'migrant' when you're very poor; 'immigrant' when you're not so poor; and 'expat' when you're rich.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

...his lips were pure temptation, soft, bitable, sensual in a way only a man's mouth could be.

The Bible is like a bull fiddle, you can play almost any tune you want on it.

Because I knew I had got success at Ranji level, I was confident I would get some success in international cricket too.