I wouldn't even mention myself in the same breath as someone like big Paul.

I find the growing intervention by the football authorities in strictly footballing matters a rather worrying trend.

That kind of natural understanding doesn't develop naturally

I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points.

It will be difficult to let go but it is going to happen sooner rather than later in my case.

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

Arsenal's defence will be a worry going forward

I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams.

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland.

A difficult decision for the referee's assistant. I wouldn't beat him up over it.

Discovering an inner history requires listening – and often not to the first story told.

Then she leant over and kissed him very slowly, with infinite tenderness. As if she had had to wait an eternity to do so.

I am supposed to worry about oceans rising 70 years from now, on climate models that have already proven to be utterly flawed?

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

Love is the hardest thing to grasp. You have to seize it at once, else it may be too late.

6 is all about getting your house in order and I mean that metaphorically.

[My favorite thing about motherhood is] that it's made me grow into a woman finally, and I finally grew up, thank God.

An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name.

The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great.