“I had hoped to show off some architectural drawings of what the facility will look like once it's fixed up. But I'm still waiting on those drawings.”

“Let's hope it works out where we don't have to even think about that. There's more combinations that can happen where I don't pitch Monday.”

“People might want to shy away from being the ax murderer. Gore is still seen as unacceptable. Adults are hoping to break the rules and do a little wish fulfillment.”

“He's at peace right now with the Lord. One day being saved, being Christians, we will be able to see him again. It's the hope we do have.”

“For the families and parents of the victims there has not been one iota of accountability or responsibility on any level since 9/11. This is our last hope . . . to see that this person receives justice.”

“This will be the first chance to actually have divers looking at it instead of just seeing what gets tangled in lobster traps. Our hope is that it's just confined to Necker Island.”

“We owe our seniors a great deal of gratitude. They have done a great job for us and I hope that people turn out to acknowledge the careers they have had.”

“I think we've been blessed with a very talented and well-respected group of judges and I'm hoping at the beginning to be able to sit with them and pick up a lot of advice.”

“It was pretty ugly [last week]. We've got a lot of earnings to get through in the next week. I'm hoping there will be an absence of bad news and maybe that can help us.”

I wanted to see the place where Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever calling her mine.