“I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.”

“I am always naturally drawn to heroines that have human flaws because I enjoy people that have lived their life with courage and make big successes and big failures.”

“It's a sad fact that a lot of those countries who haven't been involved in the war in Iraq have taken far more responsibility for rehoming people displaced by the war than Britain has done.”

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”

“The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not to satisfy someone else's opinion.”

“Or one meaning of here is in this world, in this life, on earth. In this place or position, indicating the presence of, or in other words, I am here. It also means to hand something to somebodyHere...”

“When I said yes,it implies till death,and forever thence.When I said love,it connotes trust,allied in situations tough.And today,when I hold your hand,I am prepared to stand,any trouble,any avalanche.”

“...your memory is a warm stone hidden in my hand I'm always turning over...”

“Something good happens to you, and you let off a different energy that attracts other good things.”

“People are always telling women to lose weight, and then when they do, other women attack them for it.”

“I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.”