“New Orleans, city of roaches, city of decay, city of our family, and of happy, happy people.”
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.”
“Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins.”
“After the storm, many citizens left New Orleans to live elsewhere, but those who stayed were determined to rebuild. They loved their city.”
“But the reasons against going to New Orleans--that spicy southern city known for jazz and Mardi Gras and hospitality--were the very reasons we had to go.”