“Charlemagne lived away back in the Dark Ages when people were not very bright. They have been getting brighter and brighter ever since, until finally they are like they are now.”

“For every dark night, there's a brighter day. ”

“When you're on Earth, if you go to the top of a mountain, the stars look much brighter than they do at sea level. And because the space shuttle is above Earth's atmosphere, it's like being on a very, very high mountain. So they look brighter, but not bigger.”

“It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.”

“Closing my eyes doesn’t help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness.”

“Spring is back, brighter days,
a new beginning lurks,
yet something stirs, bittersweet
reminders of where we were.”

“Cherish the people who make up your home, and you'll notice the hearth fires burn brighter than ever before.”

“I've loved not being looked at so much since dyeing my hair dark for my part in Resident Evil: Apocalypse. With my normal blondey- brown colour, I get stared at so much, so I feel quieter, more low- key. It's like being undercover, as even friends of mine haven't recognised me. It was quite difficult to get used to. I would see a picture of someone blonde in a Polaroid or shop window and think: "Don't I look brilliant?" But then it wouldn't be me. But it does mean that I can wear brighter colours, as well as brighter lipsticks than usual. I've just done a shoot where I was wearing bright red lipstick - although that did feel a bit Eighties and weird, as if I were a Robert Palmer extra.”

“Fortune is like glass—the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.”
Fortuna vitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitur.

“Lift thyself up, look. around, and see something higher and brighter than earth, earthworms, and earthly darkness.”