That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall Be crumbled into dust.

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.

There is only one true wealth in all the universe--living time.

Even if it's being a Beatle for the rest of my life, it's still only a temporary thing.

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure.

The much greater problem in avian flu compared to SARS is the high mortality, in particular the high mortality amongst children. The family will have dropped off their child and the next time they see him, he will be dying -- can you imagine the effect that will have on staff morale in your unit?