The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Nov. 23-28.
“My mom may be able to be a mom now, and not just be afraid.”
— Adriana Rascon, a student at Morris Innovative High School in Dalton, Ga., after President Barack Obama’s executive order staying deportment of certain undocumented immigrants
“It was always a given in our home: The expectation was that you would do well. They set up high standards for us.”
— Robert Fisher, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior, after he was named a Rhodes Scholar
“It felt like a slap in the face. I stayed at that job. I was never there because of the money. I was there because I loved those kids. It feels like you are being punished for staying.”
— Former nurse Renee Oakes, on being notified that Erlanger Health System is canceling her retiree health insurance
“When we’re tearing up our own neighborhoods or burning down stores, what does that solve? It doesn’t legislate laws. It doesn’t help things.”
— Olivet Baptist Church pastor Kevin Adams on rioting and violence that followed the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Mo.
“We’ve got more to be thankful for right this day than ever before.”
— Conswella McMurray, after police in Cleveland, Tenn., shot and killed the sex offender who broke into her home and threatened her and her children’s lives