I think the question that nobody wanted to deal with is the question they're posing: did my kid die in vain? Because the answer is too awful.

Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by that, and of course by the way that he spoke, that made a huge dent in my belief system and my spirit.

I'm lucky to have met so many people who have been involved in peace and who have been peace prize winners.

There are good guys, and there are congressional people who are good guys, and I certainly vote in those elections. You know, my fondest dream would be if Obama, when he got out of office, decided he was going to go back and organize on the streets. He'd be the only person I could imagine who could really create a movement similar to what King did, and God knows we need that now.

To love means you also trust.

Seeing you sleeping peacefully on your back among your stuffed ducks, bears and basset hounds, would remind me that no matter how good the next day might be, certain moments were gone forever because we could not go backwards in time.

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow.