Elsa Maxwell

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores.

Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

Someone said that life is a party. You join in after it's started and leave before it's finished.

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.

There are lots of things that could be done. We could get more help from the UCI, like forcing Pro-Tour teams to have a women's equivalent.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.