"I have run a general election campaign pregnant and ran Ed Miliband's leadership campaign commuting to London with a new baby so I already have my system set up."

"As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters - some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home - seem more determined to prevent that happening."

"Being out and about talking to residents and representing their views is, in my view, as important to politics as the grandstanding that takes place in Westminster."

"In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly."

"Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them."

"To leave a mark on the world, remember that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that kindness can heal wounds that time cannot."

"The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity."