Some things are not forgiveable. Deliberate cruelty is not forgiveable. It is the most unforgiveable thing in my opinion, and the one thing in which I have never, ever been guilty.

...love, all at once and much, much too completely. It's like you suddenly turn a blinding light on something that had always been half a shadow...

Abundant grace, amazing life.

MURRY: Resolutions are a complete waste of time. They're just this meaningless ritual, empty promises we make and break within hours of each other.

Slavery was, in fact, a social system designed to destroy social capital among slaves and between slaves and freemen.

I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.

Alas! they had been friends in youth but whispering tongues can poison truth.

I owe the public just one thing - a good performance.

The most awful thing about power is not that it corrupts absolutely but that it makes people so utterly boring, so predictable.

If I honour my needs first, I will be the best wife, the best mum, the best sister, the best friend. I have to come first, because then everyone benefits.

Often people try and just consider music as music, in a musical context. People seem to forget that music is not just audio material - it's also the artwork, the packaging it comes in.

If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than denying it, as some aspects of Buddhism seem to.