The most memorable quotes in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for Sept. 7-12.
"The thought that bullets could have flown through the house -- that's frightening. Bullets don't have eyes."
-- Latasha Harden, who lives with her husband and young children near the site where a teen mother was shot to death during a gun battle on Market Street early on Sept. 7
"Bad idea. It's too many kids. It may be cheaper, but it's not better for the kids."
-- Annette Stolpmann, who has two children at Alpine Crest Elementary, on discussions within Hamilton County Schools about building an 1,100-pupil elementary on the site of the present North River YMCA in Hixson
"There are departments who misuse their toys and their skills. We do not intend to be one of them."
-- Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher on the benefits and hazards of equipping police with military equipment.
"I have lived in this county all my life and been in the city for 45 years and I haven't done anything wrong."
-- Charles Sharrock, former Fort Oglethorpe City Council member ousted for sexual harassment, after qualifying to run again for the council in November
"I knew I was innocent from the beginning."
-- Richard Bennett, founder of A Better Tomorrow, after charges of possessing a controlled substance and violation of open container laws were dropped Friday in General Sessions Court