Quotes by Andrea Yates

“severe mental illness like psychosis can lead to a tragedy like this -- that people can see things that arent real and hear things that arent real and believe things that arent real, and act in that distorted reality.”

“They were not progressing the right way in school, and they had a problem with their manners, their social manners,”

“She loved our kids, ... kind, gentle person.”

“If they drop charges against her, then shed go to a mental hospital and then the doctors would decide when shes well enough to go home, ... Theyve treated her like a serial killer, and my feeling all along has been its a waste of the taxpayers money to prosecute her.”

“just killed my children.”

“One side of me blames her because she did it, but the other side says she didnt because that wasnt her.”

“There are two tragedies, ... One is my children and the other is my wife.”

“Sometimes Andrea liked to take the hard road instead of the easy road.”

“the primary emphasis is on care and not security.”

“I think everyone would lose again if they brought her back to trial, ... Although, if she does go back to trial she could be found not guilty by reason of insanity. To me, any way I look at it, its good for her.”