“All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try.”

“Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it.”

“If you believe we shouldn't have done it, then you also believe that, in the light of history, the human race shouldn't have existed. Because then all the love and happiness and goodness in this world can't outweigh the life of a single child.”

“You shouldn't rely on others to help you determine what's good and what's bad.In no time at all, you'll simply be under someone else's control.”

“For their part, the savage men appear to spend an inordinate amount of time lounging around their lodges, smoking and gossiping among themselves...so that it occurs to me that perhaps our cultures are not so different after all: the women do all the work while the men do all the talking.”

“You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up missing the life you have.”