MADELEINE: DOES MUM’S DIARY HOLD VITAL CLUE?

I have put all of the alleged McCann quotes into one list - please add with links if poss

Madeleine McCann, "I had the best day ever, mommie!"

Gerry McCann, "We have been advised our behaviour was legally well within the bounds of responsible parenting and have been assured no action will be taken."

Kate McCann, "It was during one of my checks that I discovered she’d gone."

Gerry, "I think, em, you know, we are not looking at what has been done, and I don’t think it helps at this stage to look back at what could and couldn’t have been done ... The time for these lessons to be learned is after the investigation is finished and not now... Of course the world has changed in terms of information technology and the speed of response, you know, in terms of the media coming here and us being prepared, em, to some extent to use that to try and influence the campaign, but above all else, it’s touched everyone. Everyone."

Gerry in The Tablet, "When I was praying I started thinking of all the things that were happening. There were lots and lots of ideas in my head and how we could make things better and I was really feeling very down and not sure which way to proceed. I had this mental image of being in a tunnel and instead of the light at the end of the tunnel being extremely narrow and a distant spot, the light opened up and the tunnel got wider and wider and went in many different directions. I talked to you [Kate] about it and said, ‘I am not prepared to pursue one path. We are going to do everything in our power to influence things... It was almost like something—I am not saying it was the Holy Spirit—came into me and gave me that image. That is when I really felt I had a clear path."

Carlos Anjos (an English translation from a Portuguese TV interview), "When we realized that the first contact the McCann couple made after the disappearance of their daughter was not to the authorities, to any authorities, but to Sky News, the image was given of the place where they wanted the investigation to be carried out, or the motto had been given, that we were going to have a media-saturated investigation."

Clarence Mitchell, "Kate and Gerry are realistic enough to know that Madeleine may be dead and it would be a tragedy that she is found as such, because it rules out the hope that she is alive... But any widening of the search area is encouraging and we would welcome that. If she is dead then she is dead, but not by their hand."

Kate on Woman's Hour, "Cuddle Cat WAS very special to Madeleine."

Clarence, "There are wholly innocent explanations for any material that the police may or may not have found."

Kate "believes she is being persecuted because of her appearance," her mother revealed today. In an extraordinary interview, Susan Healy described how her distraught daughter claimed "if she was heavier—and had bigger breasts—people would be more sympathetic."

The McCanns were said to be "emotionally torn" to learn that Portugal's biggest ever anti-paedophile operation has failed to turn up a single lead in the hunt for their four-year-old daughter, who went missing during a family holiday on May 3.

Mrs McCann was nicknamed "Hot Lips Healy" during her student days at Dundee University, according to her year book. Kate Healy, as she was then, was one of the most popular students in the medical department, where classmates said the Liverpudlian loved parties and trips to the pub, but still passed all her exams with ease.

Kate's year book entry read: "Renowned for frequently indulging in alcoholic binges and "dance till you drop" nocturnal activities, she immediately led the rest of her fellow colleagues astray... Hot Lips Healy maintained a consistent Friday night appearance in the Union throughout the whole of first year."

Clarence, “For the record Gerry McCann is the biological father of his daughter Madeleine. A report suggesting otherwise is nothing short of lies. It is indeed an absolutely untrue fabrication.�?BR>
Gerry just days after Madeleine's disappearance, "Kate and I have to concentrate on our own well being."

Brian Healy, “Anger keeps me going, so I’m doing pretty well because there has been a lot to be angry about.�?BR>
Clarence Mitchell stated that while the couple were confident nothing incriminating would be found, they were concerned the relevance of the results could be exaggerated in the Portuguese press.

Kate McCann, "I know the situation we were in that night,"

Kate, "It cannot be considered a crime. Someone committed one, but not us."

Kate, "I know that what happened is not due to the fact of us leaving the children asleep. I know it happened under other circumstances."

Kate, "I was sure immediately that she didn't walk out of that room"

Gerry, "Kate and I are totally 100% confident in each other’s innocence".

Gerry, "I know 100 per cent Kate could NOT have done anything. I know that's true from what I did that night...and in terms of what Kate knows about me, I was away from her for just ten minutes."

Overheard at the Tapas Bar from one of the Tapas 9, "It wasn't supposed to happen this way."

Gerry snapped, "Find the body, then prove we killed her." [misquote]
"But in a signal that the McCanns are prepared to fight to prove their innocence, they issued a challenge to Portuguese detectives yesterday, saying: “Find the body and prove we killed her.�?See Wikipedia

Kate wishing she could have been there "at the moment when Madeleine was taken."

Gerry, "Sometimes people do things for reasons that even they cannot understand. An act of madness, an accident or sudden impulse can lead to consequences that people may never have imagined or intended."

Gerry, “It seems like a disaster that we’ve got this huge donated fund and now we’re not allowed to use it for legal costs because we’re under suspicion."

Kate, " It really isn't easy... some days are better than others... There's days when you think, 'I can't do this anymore,' and you just want to press a button, and we're all gone, and it's all finished, and we're all together and gone. Wherever. But you can't, you know. Just occasionally you'll have a -- if you're having a really bad day, which we do. And you can't help but think that."
Kate, "Haven't I suffered enough without all these new lies coming out?"

Kate, ‘This is my job now. I can see this becoming my full-time career, with this whole issue of child welfare and opposing paedophiles�?�?BR>
"She [Kate] is not of a mind to go back into medicine," said one friend. "She hasn't ruled it out entirely but she doesn't feel it would appeal to her any more."

Clarence, "No decision has been taken on Kate's future yet. She hasn't approached, or been approached by, any children's charities."

Gerry, "We welcome the announcement from Mr Ribeiro, the National director of the Judicial Police in Portugal, that our friends who were on holiday with us in Portugal are to be re-interviewed."

Gerry, "We have our own children now anyway to look after."
[Hawkeye} It was a direct quote from one of Gerry's TV interviews. I also had it down from another source but without the "anyway." The former quote was more authentic.

Kate "It was our holiday too, you know"

Kate, "We were just so into each other"

Gerry: "the situation that Madeleine finds herself in"

"We have our own children now anyway to look after."*

Kate on Radio 4 Womens Hour

Interviewer : "Was Maddy sleeping when you left for dinner"

LONG

LONG

LONG

LONG

PAUSE.....

Kate "Er, ah, yeah, yeah she was"

Gerry "i'm not here to enjoy myself"

Kate "we were so into each other"

R Murat "I am an innocent victim in the world's biggest f*** up"

Detective Sousa "This is a very complicated and complex investigation"

Detective Sousa "There is one piece of stand alone evidence"

Detective Sousa " This is a case that any police force in the world would love to solve"

Kate, before she became a suspect, "The police don't want a murder in Portugal and all the publicity about them not having paedophile laws here, so they're blaming us,"

Gerry, "We are being absolutely stitched up."

Gerry McCann: “We want a big event to raise awareness that she is still missing (...) It wouldn’t be a one-year anniversary, it will be sooner than that�?(June 3, 2007)

Gerry McCann: "I have no doubt we will be able to sustain a high profile for Madeleines disappearance in the long term." (June 28, 2007)

Kate; "yyyeeah, yeah youre right!!!*voice reaches a crescendo* It was a very small window of opportunity but they saw it and then *cluck*!!!!!!

GMC - one good thing to come out of all of this is that there is so much in the press, nobody knows what is true, and what isn't

GMC - press statement in his blog condemning the Telegraaf for publishing something which they had not yet published.

GMC - (on finding Madeleine gone) it was like going to the bank and finding yourself over your student overdraft.

Gerry (,,,) says, the iris “is Madeleine’s only true distinctive feature. Certainly we thought it was possible that this could potentially hurt her or”—he grimaces—“her abductor might do something to her eye.�?But in terms of marketing, it was a good ploy.�?Vanity Fair

"There is a wholly innocent explanation for any material the police may or may not have found".

KM: Please continue to pray for Madeleine. She's lovely.

"We have not cooperated in any shape or form" - on McCann files: Clarence Mitchell

Gerry McCann said: “We’re always left with the fact that Kate and I were not in the apartment when it happened, and we’ve got to face up to that.�?BR>
Kate added: �?There’s not a day that goes by that I think to myself why did I think that was okay? Was I wrong in thinking that was okay? All I can think to myself is I know how much I love my children, and I know I am a responsible parent.�?BR>
"We, like everyone else, await the results of the forensics from the recent searches. We do not know who has taken Madeleine or why. Sometimes people do things for reasons that even they cannot understand. An act of madness, an accident or sudden impulse can lead to consequences that people may never have imagined or intended. Faced with such a situation we believe any human soul will ultimately suffer torment and feelings of guilt and fear. If you have done something you regret, if you find yourself in a situation you never intended, it is not too late to do the right thing. Please come forward, return Madeleine, leave her in a place of safety. At the very least, help us by letting us know what has happened to our beautiful little girl".

"we haven`t done any chatshows up til now as we wanted to be seen as ordinary parents rather than celebrities"!!!!!!!!!!

"If we had any hard leads we wouldn`t be telling the public, it would be handled quietly!"

"In hindsight again ---" (JT)

Kate says: "Definitely, I mean I think, you know, the public can help so much. If people know something, if they can ummmm;" wipes her cheek and tucks her hair behind her ear, "Just," deep breath, "I guess search their heart really, sombody knows something, they might not realise;" hand gesture, "they might just suspect something but every... everybody can make a difference to this. It's not about us: we miss her like crazy but this is Madeleine: this is a four year old girl: we haven't even seen her since she was four. You know. Madeleine's there and she needs our help. She needs to be with her family."

Gerry. "A few nights ago, we had a curry with some friends." Kate, "It was just a takeaway, we weren't out having a meal." Gerry, "And the waiters in the restaurant, the staff - they were so good."

Also Kate's ... " Whoever Madeleine's with she'll be giving them her tuppence worth " ... is another classic McCannism.

CM: "An outcome similar to Holly and Jessica is possible. I don't want to, and I can't, talk about Robert Murat but some journalists who worked with me in Soham, and that were now in Portugal, saw resemblances between that case and Robert Murat. And I won't say more."
"It was suggested in the press that Kate and Gerry went to Fátima to bury Maddie's body. I went along with them on that trip and I guarantee we didn't bury anyone there."
"I was the head of the government's Media Monitoring Unit. Forty people work there and their function is to control what comes out in the media." from an interview of Clarence Mitchell to Maria Barbosa of Expresso, Sept 29 2007

Gonçalo Amaral: “This is very weird for an abduction�?
Upon hearing Gonçalo Amaral, a young inspector asked him: “Chief, do you believe Kate is responsible for the death of her daughter?�?The answer couldn’t be more direct: “I’m still not sure, but I wouldn’t like her to be my mother�? GA quotes from the "Guilt of the McCanns" book by Manuel Catarino

Gerry outside the church after mass; in his JFK speech voice"...i would like to thank everybody for their support....it has gave us HOPE (getting teary eyed).... and COURAGE...!"

One of my favorites is Kate on the Hot Seat after Gerry storms out after being asked about the blood found in the apartment, he blusters, "we're no going to go into the investigation..." and leaves Kate on her own...it's painful to watch her squirm.
"He is upset. Give him a minute... let him get some air, don't worry."
Interveiwer_ Do you want to know the subsequent questions?
"_ Yeah, well, don't worry. It's only this is very difficult, because everyone asks things about the investigation, and we cannot do that. Furthermore, it's very frustrating, because all that you see in the media is inaccurate, uncertain, very mixed up, and we would like very much to "enlighten" it, but we can't."

GM "we are hoping for the best possible outcome for us.... and Madeleine"

Kate: 'at worst we were naive'

Gerry: 'the chances of her being abducted were more than 100 million to one'

Kate: 'We're good parents, not suspects.'


Uncle John, I think...."Even if she has been damaged, I believe she is still recoverable"

A relative on the demeanor of the McCs "They were on the floor for a few days, but soon regained their poise"

Gerry McC " I hope we are going to look back at the end of this and say we've done everything in our power"

Clarry, I recall on the lack of tears " They don't cry in public, but plenty of tears are shed 'backstage' "

Gerry McC " we fear she has been taken out of Portugal and abducted"

Philomena Mccann "To suggest in any possible way that Kate and Gerry are negligable parents.. negligent parents... negligent parents.. sorry is just abhorrent to all of us."

Nora Paul,"They were six medical professionals..if there'd been an accidental..I mean a. If it were accidental and they were doing something bad they'd covered it ..they could of covered it up,if it was accidental they'd of taken care of it"


Kates mother, she was almost perfect.
They used to sedate her as she was a sleep walker.
Gerry, "makes you think, why the twins did not wake up, they He must have sedated them.
Madeleine did not spend much time with the twins really

"Sean is really getting a taste for sea-bass" - Gerry's Blog

CM "He/she must come forward to be eliminated from our enquiries"

Kate McCann, "I think that is a very small minority of people that are criticising us."

If the worst happened.......at least she will be in a better place-GM http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6942705.stm