"What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters."

"My father's right to shape my life had been taken from him by the same being who gave his own life meaning"

"And then I was crying too, crying with Danny, silently, for his pain and for the years of his suffering, knowing that I loved him, and not knowing whether I hated or loved the long, anguished years of his life."

"> Why does everything that lives have to die? < So life would be precious, Asher. Something that is yours forever, is never precious."

"It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice."

"It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity."

"We are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference...they years are gone when the farm worker said nothing an did nothing to help himself...Now we have new faith. Through our strong will, our movement is changing these conditions...We shall be heard."

"If you're outraged at conditions, then you can't possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing but that. But you can't change anything if you want to hold onto a good job, a good way of life and avoid sacrifice."

"What we do know absolutely is that human lives are worth more than grapes and that innocent-looking grapes on the table may disguise poisonous residues hidden deep inside where washing cannot reach."

"Grant me courage to serve others; For in service there is true life."

"In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of meaning and love."

"Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others."

"There's no reason to be non-violent. There's no challenge unless you are living for people."

"Talk is cheap...It is the way we organize and use our lives everyday that tells what we believe in."

"Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life."

"However important the struggle is and however much misery and poverty and degradation exist, we know that it cannot be more important than one human life."

"Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask."

"Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks."

"I'm still very much Kate."

"I feel enormously proud to be part of East Anglia's Children's Hospices and to see the wonderful life-changing work that you do."

"Yes, I was in love with my husband at first sight and still am. We have the most solid relationship."

"I grew up in a small, strictly-Catholic fishing village on the coast of Wales. The people there have a different attitude to life than those in Hollywood - people stick together more."

"All of a sudden I had a baby, because it went really quick. It was like, 'Oh! I have a baby!' So, it's great. I'm just having a great time with my children. They're here in New York with me."

"I do think I'm lucky I met Michael. Not just Michael Douglas the actor and producer with two Oscars on the shelf, but Michael Douglas, the love of my life. I really do think it was meant to happen."