“Take the time to make some sense for what you wanna say,And cast your words away upon the waves.Sail them home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today,And as they land upon the shore,Tell them not t...”

“(on learning Westlife had beaten Oasis, U2 and The Beatles in an album chart battle in November 2006): There is no God.”

“He's like a man with a fork, in a world of soup. (about his brother Liam)”

“When you get to a certain age you find that other peoples opinions dont really matter anymore, and you get kind of uncomfortable with your place in modern life.”

“True perfection has to be imperfect. I know that sounds foolish, but it's true.”

“You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.”

“Llarimar had told him to do his best. That sounded like an awful lot of work. Unfortunately, doing nothing was beginning to seem like even MORE work.”

“In his opinion, working was vastly overrated. Particularly as a way to build character, for everyone who engaged in it was far too snappish and fussy, and seemed to have no manners at all.”

“There was a sergeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and I knew it was a desk because it's always a desk. There's always someone at a desk, except...”