I figured it was probably best for me to leave that bicycle back there for a real emergency.

What she wanted was right there, between them, pressed against her stomach—so big and accessible and user-friendly—neatly covered and ready to go.

The notion that the press was used in the [first Iraq] war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used. It saw itself as part of the war effort.

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy.

Every time I do what you say I tumble a bit farther down this well of darkness, an' this here is a drop too deep an' too dark for me. I have to stop falling while I can still see a bit of the sky.

You can't just wish for a better life, you must go out there and create it.

We are living in a material world and I'm a material girl.

In contrast, traditional Catholic churches serve vast numbers of people who have little or nothing in common, and they are often impersonal supermarkets for the sacraments.

The Atma is everywhere.

Outward appearances mean everything.

Do they believe their cause so just that they are above and beyond the truth?