Linda Healy Quotes

"There will be room for dancing so bring plenty of friends."

"Social services have always been difficult to run, especially when you're new. Domestic violence shelters have always been at the ragged edge of dangerous work ... and people are afraid of shelters."

"Truly, I'm scared. They always take money away from the folks who can't be heard. But the numbers don't go down; they keep going up."

"There used to be so much tension when we were fighting to gain equality as partners with the police and state's attorney. Though we're still fighting for victims of domestic violence, we have police who are educated and a community that's aware. God, it's so different now."