Only Mama could have something good come out of this. She used to say with life, you can't just take the good without having the bad--it wouldn't be life.

I'm satisfied with it, but there's nothing that's enough.

I was appalled. It was just shocking. I'm a woman and a black woman. Every woman needs to be angry about this. Every man and every child. Duke is trying to hide this and they're not going to get away with it.

It's almost like a sign from Mama to make it easier for us _ something positive to focus on today. It's like she's telling us, 'See? I told you'd it'd be OK--just hang in there.

The first three weeks were horrible -- making decisions about having to destroy 25 years of our life. There was so much crying going on. ... All these years passed before their eyes with every scoop of the machine.

Life has been so unfair to him. He knew what had happened to him was wrong, but you know what? He was still happy because he knew he didn't do it.