When had my sister's words become so barbed and poisoned? Grief had sharpened her tongue to a fine point.

There was no use wondering about the past.

Grief is great. Only you and I in this land know that yet. Let us be good to one another.

Remorse shows the difference between a cruel person and one that is not.

People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If there's patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.

I've turned down Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus and Manchester United to play here. I hope everyone already knows how much it means to me to play for Newcastle United.

A good neighbor sometimes cuts your morning up to mince-meat of the very smallest talk, then helps to sugar her bohea at night with your reputation.

Being part of a patriarchal society, it kind of helped me figure out what I was all about.

I am trying to prevent a bloodbath. Is that clear enough for you? I'm trying to prevent a civil war that could kill half the people in this world.

You can't really move forward if you don't heal the past and identify and address the fact that you had a problem and in some cases still have issues. That has to be dealt with.

Listening to my songs is like reading my diary.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.