“Although I have been through all that I have, I do not regret the many hardships I met, because it was they who brought me to the place I wished to reach.”

“I have been mortal, and some part of me is mortal yet. I am full of tears and hunger and the fear of death, although I cannot weep, and I want nothing, and I cannot die. I am not like the others now, for no unicorn was ever born who could regret, but I do. I regret.”

“I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.”

“I am looking for the people who have always been there, and belong to the places they live. The others I do not wish to see.”

“I have met many people in my life who I consider beautiful. Not because of their outward appearance, but because of their hearts.”

“Breaking my neck was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have an Olympic medal. I've been to so many countries I would never have been, met so many people I would never have met. I've done more in the chair, ... than a whole hell of a lot of people who aren't in chairs.”