Once water charges are in place they will only go up. This has been the history of all these charges

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms.

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war.

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.

It might or might not be right to kill, but sometimes it is necessary.

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfillment.

If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead and gone. I've hugged trees in every part of this little island.

The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

No matter how dark it may feel, always remember, that somewhere beyond the darkest clouds the Sun is always shining.

The soul might be silent but the servant of the soul has always got a voice and it has got one for a reason.

It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters.

Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us

When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has say so but, the balance of power is definitely with the players.

The draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times - sometimes into a tape recorder - to make sure that it sounds right.

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

As the world leads we follow.