“I can remember, as a child, the happy days of us all piling into the c...” — Susan Burton Quote

“I can remember, as a child, the happy days of us all piling into the car and going to the drive-in. And that was a weekly routine for my father. He was a proud black man, and that all sort of vanished as America began to export jobs.”

“Our ancestors went through so much in a fight for us to vote. So I believe that we should engage in all civic participation. It's healthy engagement.”

“It's important the sheriff and the D.A. work with the community to realize real-world solutions. If they make decisions in silos, it will fall short.”

“Education, hard work, dedication, a support system, and knowing my life had value - these were what had made all the difference.”

“Nothing good could ever have come of my life if I hadn't been able to get therapy and overcome my addictions.”

“Each time I left prison, I left with the resolve to get my life together, to get a job, to get back on track. And each time, the task became more and more and more daunting.”

“We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.”

“We've gone from, in the '50s and '60s, being very optimistic about the future, where the future is all spaceships and The Jetsons and flying cars, to where we were just sure the future was going to be a massive pile of rubble.”

“The coal industry in West Virginia, when it is down, people can't buy cars; people can't eat in restaurants. Everything suffers.”

“For me, being in a car or on an airplane is like being in limbo. It's this dead zone between two places. But to walk, you're some place that's already interesting. You're not just between places. Things are happening.”

“We lived on anarchist farms, squatted in the inner city, and hopped rail cars. We wanted to see how other young people were creating meaning from their lives.”