“My parents are great listenersWhich is why I never tell them anything”

“Why should I tell you everything about how I feel when you never tell me anything?”

“Do me a favor, okay? Tell my parents that I fought well today. And tell them that I... that I... that I fought hard.”

“I tell my parents I'm going out for pudding. They think this might be a nickname for heroin.Mum makes the international face for 'is there anything you want to tell me?' ”

“Many seek and never see, anyone can tell them why. O they weep and O they cry and never take until they try unless they try it in their sleep and never some until they die. I ask many, they ask me. This is a great mystery.”

“Tell my daughter Elizabeth -- no! Tell all my daughters, everywhere, in all the ages yet to come. Tell them how I died, and why. And tell them to remember this: the future is unwritten. Know your rights.”