Major Chhetri's pronouncement when we'd first arrived in Nepal came echoing back: "Things that start in the rain end well.

GPs are almost the only doctors these days who understand all problems, can see the whole person…spend time with the dying…see things through to the end.

We'd incorporated Asia into our bones - its colours and laughter, its smells, its rhythms, its tolerance and patience, its compassion, its lack of ageism.

a Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us being swamped by our problems. In Nepal it was easier to take life day by day.

In Nepal, the quality of conversation is much more important than accuracy of the content. Maybe we get overexcited about information in England?

He's the light that guided me to where I am now, out of the darkness, out of despair.

You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans.

The smartest person in the room, is the room.

I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

Life is a miracle; walking is a miracle; watching the sunset is a miracle; everything is a miracle, because existence is a miracle!

Why is the rest of the world so overcrowded? Nobody lives in America! We're all squashed up on top of each other in London.

I never believed that one big bill is the way to go.

Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state

The basic fact is that no, this isn't ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push,so to speak.

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.