I don't think I have the stamina anymore and I certainly don't have the health.

There's just no more compelling a story, no more compelling an issue, no more compelling a locus of human suffering than Sudan.

Sudan, I've come to discover, is a country which, once it gets hold of you, does not let go.

I have leukemia, and my chemotherapy has destroyed my immune system.

One corpse in a well destroys the viability of the well.

There's already a lot of self-exculpatory history being written. Right across the board. And it's my task to make sure that such self-exculpatory histories cannot be written.

Be thankful for everything that happens in your life

With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness.

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.

I remove my wedding rings and put them in the jewelry box. So many others have done this. I am not the only one. I am not the only one. But here, I am the only one.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

You might be a redneck if your most expensive shoes have numbers on the heels.

I always act better when I'm able to curse.

Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.

When I was growing up, the really, really cool super heroes were all male - so I wanted to be them.

I hate it when people blame someone else and don't take responsibility.