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Lake Como has always been a magnet for the elite.

Hats, giant shades and 60-plus sunblock are part of my summer repertoire. I don't want wrinkles, but it's skin cancer I truly fear.

It's hard for the Catholic Church to accept change. When the mass was no longer said in Latin, loyalists went into mourning for years.

Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.

Human memory is short and terribly fickle.

It's always disappointing to come across phony do-gooders. And it's easy to scoff at celebrities working in war zones.

In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities.

I have never been embedded with the American army or, you know, with the big war machine.

When the body breaks down, it does not all go at once; it goes piece by piece.

I never set out to be a journalist. I wanted to be a humanitarian doctor like Albert Schweitzer, working in Africa.

I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.

My earliest memories are of the civil rights era. My earliest experiences were rage.

Stockholm is surely an urban planner's dream. Everything works. Everything looks good.

My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last - me - at 42.

Every time the Catholic Church takes one step forward, it seems to take one giant step back.

Nonviolence worked in Serbia, and it can work in other countries seeking their freedom.

Little changes can start to make a difference in the world.

There is a romantic, often misguided, misconception among the British that life in France is akin to life in Paradise.

It can't be bad having a mother who is fulfilled by her work.

No one lives on credit in France because banks don't allow overdrafts and zero percent credit cards do not exist.

In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.

Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.

Manhattan is increasingly less available to average-income earners.

My role [as a war correspondent] is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless [and] to shine a light in the darkest corners of the world.

Paris certainly needs to promote itself. Although still the most visited city in the world, it has fallen behind London and Berlin in terms of cool.

There are people who are seekers and people who aren't.

Every time I went to the doctor when I was in my twenties, he repeated the same thing to me: don't wait too long to have children.

In a very straightforward way, I am a terrible reporter. I'm not someone who can go into a story and not get involved.

The fact is, feminism is not what it used to be.

Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers.

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

Africa is a very dangerous place.