Brendan Behan

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair was the dismal opposite.