“While terrorist attacks may not come as such a surprise, these riots are totally unexpected.”

Maltese cosmetic specialist Raina Zarb Adami describing her disbelief at seeing teenagers looting and torching London.

“It is only when mistakes come out in the open that the healing can start.”

Archbishop Paul Cremona quoting from the late Pope John Paul II that by covering up mistakes, in this case child abuse, the Church risked committing them again.

“Malta is not sheltered from the world...”

Financial analyst John Cassar White on how a sluggish world economy could be bad news for Malta.

“People work hard for their things, unlike you.”

Magistrate Antonio Micallef Trigona chastising a drug addicted couple who repeatedly steal from beaches to feed their habit.

“I love my son and want to be in his life.”

A father going through separation proceedings claiming he is deprived of spending time with his 10-year-old son.

“Four bombs will be detonated at the sacred site.”

University student Francis Cassar, 26, in his warning to the Lourdes pilgrimage site after his prayers for a disabled boy remained unanswered.