Quotes of the week

"Reports of my death have been greatly sustaining."
Michael Orr informing friends in a letter to The Times that he had not died, after a misprint in an obituary.

"There's a certain paper you sent... Well, if you don't mind, I tore it (up)."
Labour leader Joseph Muscat referring to veteran MP Joe Debono Grech's resignation letter and welcoming him back to the fold.

"Nocturnal sadistic tendencies."
The Hi5 profile of Mark Anthony Casha, who was stabbed in Paradise Bay. In court, the victim said the idea behind his online description was to look cool.

"This year's was longer... it was a French kiss."
Sarah Michelle Attard, 18, describing the kiss she received from Enrique Iglesias. This was the second consecutive year the Pietà girl was pulled on Isle of MTV stage.

"The taxes must be painful if we want to achieve results."
George Debono, who penned the report Towards a Low Carbon Society, stressing the need to implement the Polluter Pays Principle.