The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. – Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
John Daltons records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. – Isaac Asimov
I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Dianas loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect. – Queen Elizabeth II
