"River run run run run run, river roll.  On the banks of the Tigris and the Euphrates why did you sell your soul?"

"Give us a king to judge us, to lead us into war.  Give us a king so we can be like nations gone before"

"A definition please of an ugly horse.  To define such a beast will, of course, bring the law down on my head"

When the world came to Athens, it filled the streets.  Humanity on show for all to see.  Pouring forth from plane, train, tram and bus.  This was very best and perhaps the worst of us."

"The source, it would seem, has come to him in a dream.  A debt to Freud is owed, I think we'll call it the Sigmund Code"

"Car smash, plane crash... life is over in a flash, another cut down in their prime.  Drug abuse, alcohol overuse... another dead before their time."

"Time is a vaccuum in which we dwell.  Never going back, we know so well.  Despite our fantasies to kick against the breeze.  Tick tock... may we be reminded every time we look up, it's coming to an end."

"Who made Rachel cry?  Who made Rachel cry?  Unlock that door then you'll know why.  Who made Rachel cry?"

"For year after year the sky kissed the earth.  Life would emerge from the soil.  Seasons would come and seasons would go. The year would revolve around the toil."

"They're not ghosts, she cried.  But even so, despite the words, despite the blow, she didn't seem so sure"