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Reporter: It is not the horror of landmines that is making the headlines back home, but reports of the Princess's romance with Dodi Fayed. Speculation fueled by the arrival last night of a car similar to that owned by the Princess.
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Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo: You hang on to the idea of love. 'Cause you're so good at giving love. So you keep on giving. The hard part is receiving love.
Diana: But if I can't receive it, I'm back where I started.
Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo: And where is that?
Diana: On the doorstep. A little girl waiting for her mother to return.
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Hasnat Khan: I don't know how to contact you.
Diana: Well, I'm like most people, I got a mobile. Actually, I'm not like most people, I have four.
Hasnat Khan: One number would do.
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Hasnat Khan: This is the on-call accommodation?
Diana: What, you just crash here?
Hasnat Khan: Hmm.
Diana: What do you eat?
Hasnat Khan: There's a canteen on the ground floor, but it's not open late.
Diana: Well, you could always pop round the corner for supper with me.
Hasnat Khan: [stunned look, then laughs]
Diana: I'm serious. At the palace we stay open very late.
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Hasnat Khan: Is there any more wine or have we run out?
Diana: This is a palace. We don't run out.
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Diana: I want to tell you something confidential.
Christiaan Barnard: I'm very good at keeping secrets - except my own.
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Hasnat Khan: I've struggled to see how I could marry the most famous woman in the world. But I'd be giving up the very thing that defines me.
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Diana: I'm very fond of foxes.
Dodi Fayed: Why so?
Diana: They're like me. We've all escaped from the Windsors.
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Hasnat Khan: From the poet Romi. "Somewhere beyond right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there."
Diana: "Somewhere beyond right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there." I will meet you there.
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Diana: So I just hurt my arms and my legs. There were three of us in this marriage. So it's a bit crowded.
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Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo: The hard part is receiving love.
Diana: But if I can't receive it, I'm back where it started.
Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo: And where is that?
Diana: On the doorstep. A little girl waiting for her mother to return.
Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo: Perhaps that little girl should finally stand up and walk into the garden. It's been 30 years. In your dream, who's pushing you?
Diana: It's not the point, Oonagh. The point is will anyone catch me?
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Diana: How long a heart operation go on?
Hasnat Khan: Sometimes 8 to 9 hours.
Diana: God, how do you keep going?
Hasnat Khan: You reach a place inside youself where time has no meaning. You don't perform the operation.The operation performs you.
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Hasnat Khan: Love is a garden. If you can't smell the fragrance, don't come into the garden of love.
Diana: Who said that?
Diana: Rumi. Persian poet. 13th century.
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Diana: Where you are, death will find you. Even if you're in a house built up strong and whole.
Hasnat Khan: That's from the Qur-an.
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Hasnat Khan: I can't stop loving you.
Diana: They always say that when they're saying goodbye.
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Diana: Dramatic? My whole life has been dramatic. It's been full of the sound of people shutting doors on me. You say you love me, you'll always love me. Well, there's about five billion people on this planet who can say that! But is there one who can stay with me?
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Hasnat Khan: When you fall in love you just keep going despite the warning lights
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Diana: When I visit hospitals, I get excited.
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Diana: Did they print the pictures of all the kids with their arms and legs blown off?
Hasnat Khan: No.
Diana: Bastards!
Diana Quotes
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