We invite our readers to submit telling quotations or snippets of conversation that they think illuminate our times.

      
         
          
           
            
            
           
          
                       
                        
                    
'My nickname is long thighs. I'm not an escort, I am an image girl, a hostess. Appearing at nightclubs, parties, chatting with clients.'
– Barbara Montereale, 23, who said that Silvio Berlusconi handed her 10,000 euros after she attended one of his parties at the Villa Certoso. (The Times (UK), June 22 2009)

We invite our readers to submit telling quotations or snippets of conversation that they think illuminate our much too interesting times. Accompanied with photographs if they wish.