Our lives, our stories, flowed into one another's, were no longer our own, individual, discrete.

This is what loss was, what death was: an escape into the luminous wave-forms, into the ineffable speed of the light-years and the parsecs, the eternally receding distances of the cosmos.

Your friend is your needs answered.

Cabbies in particular seem to like discussing the fate the Earth.

I stand up for other people, I'm very protective of people around me. If I feel like somebody is getting a bad rap or being unfairly picked on, I will stand up for them, absolutely.

There are levels of poverty in South Africa that are totally unacceptable.

Growing up in Australia, you never feel like you're going to live beyond that place. You wake up and you go to the beach, and you do your homework. You're just a kid.

There’s a fear that grasps each individual and what they think is right and what they think is wrong.

I borrow bits from everyone.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

Promise me you will appreciate every moment because we are the lucky ones

I'm a very emotional person.