It's fear that makes a situation dangerous.

once it's jam, it can't be strawberries anymore.

Even enlightened despots don't make very good teachers.

I was unwilling to be the good girl who respected the rules in a game designed to keep everyone but the rulemakers off balance.

I have not betrayed Julia.

She closed her eyes. Said the four most comforting words she knew: "Once upon a time." An incantation.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

I love all trees, but I am in love with pines.

One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.

We can't simply scare people into giving up their rights, on the basis, oh, this protects us from terrorism.

In a recording, your ear believes and accepts the trumpets as part of the ensemble, but you can't do that in a concert hall.

I like the concept that if you’re with someone, it’s for the long term.

When I'm lying in bed I think about the next collection. That makes me sound insane, doesn't it? That I'm getting into bed with David Beckham and thinking about clothes.

I'm a film geek man. I love toys. I love everything in filmmaking, so for me to just be around this technology is just so cool to watch it being used for the first time, some of the stuff.