“I feel I have been born again.”
President Emeritus Guido de Marco on emerging from a critical condition – 24 hours later he died in his sleep after his heart failed.

“When things took a wrong turn... he would relentlessly say keep smiling.”
Parliamentary Secretary Mario de Marco on his father’s indestructible optimism.

“Please go to Caritas.”
A 79-year-old woman’s plea to the three hooded men, who robbed her and tied her to a chair, to start a drug rehabilitation programme.

“I’m not going to victimise you... but this behaviour has to be admonished.”
Magistrate Edwina Grima while handing down a suspended sentence to two Spanish students caught skinny dipping in St George’s Bay.

“I never put any pressure on Nikki to favour any of my constituents.”
Nationalist MP Robert Arrigo denying he had coerced Sliema mayor Nikki Dimech into helping a contractor secure a council tender.

“A shark bit my sail.”
Windsurfer David Bonavia claiming a shark circled his board for 45 minutes while surfing off Fort St Elmo.