“We’re going to make a difference in the world.”

— Everett J. Ransom, a Livingstone College senior, speaking at a Rock the Vote rally that provided shuttles to take students to cast early ballots in the Nov. 6 election

“They’re much taller than me. I had to get used to that, but now I don’t have to ‘bring down’ my conversations, as I used to.”

— Mike Wimmer, a member of the high-IQ group Mensa, on what it’s like to be a high school freshman at the age of 10

“Everything is good, but the icing is awesome.”

— Judy Clippard, an F&M Bank employee who joined co-workers and retirees to make oatmeal-creme cookies to go into gift bags as a fundraiser for Relay for Life

“I am the first to say I would be happy for it to be over, but I would be the first one to say I want it done right.”

— Carolyn Parsons, mother of Erica Parsons, on the delay in setting a trial date for the adoptive parents charged with murder and child abuse in Erica’s death

“I’ve got way too much to do. I don’t have time to die”

— Melissa Shue, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in June and has been undergoing chemotherapy, with the prospect of surgery ahead

“In a time of national division, events like these remind us that we’re not so different after all.”

— Kyle Harris, a Salisbury planner, on last weekend’s BlockWork community volunteer effort to spruce up the area of East Monroe and South Lee streets

“I didn’t expect to even get my money back.”

— Dennis Goodman of Landis, whose luck turned with a $150,000 Powerball lottery win that, after taxes, netted him $105,752