OUT OF MIRACLES: Just last year, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble shared a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Northern Ireland peace process. Last week, Trimble turned his back on the new Northern Ireland Assembly and declared that, until the I.R.A. begins to disarm, he can no longer work with its political wing, Sinn Fein. Illustration for TIME by Dan Adel

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"Today we have calmed down the volcano, but tomorrow the volcano can erupt somewhere else until Kashmiris are given their just right of self-determination." Mohammed Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan, on the withdrawal of Islamic intruders from the Indian side of the disputed territory "I have no Plan B." Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, on the stalled Northern Ireland peace process	"Can all this be done very quickly so I can say I'm guilty?" Angel Maturino Resendez, suspect in the nine-murder "railway killer" case in the U.S., requesting a speedy trial from the Texas judge "Knowing his insecurities, I think he might not have liked me doing so well." Julian Lennon, on how his father, John, would have reacted to his budding musical career