Each week, we compile our favorite quotes from our reporters’ stories, interviews and elsewhere and publish them here. We call it “Out of Context.”

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 “It’s the best (expletive) fish on the peninsula!” –Bet Finocchiaro

“(Eva Whitney) wanted to help people find the little, out-of-the-way places. She wanted people to not just come to the region, but stay in the region.” -Ginny Farrin

“Interest has been waning for the past few years. When my son was in high school 10 years ago, there were a lot of kids running and (a lot of) interest. That's changed.” -Manon Lewis

“It felt like something that would feed my soul.” -Sue Burge

“When I was still in college, my mother used to try to give me suitcases to travel with, but I still used paper bags. It was hard to reconcile my heart being in one place and my feet in another. Wherever my bags were was home.” -Heidi Seidelhuber

“It could be thrown away, but the alternative is to donate it. I'd personally like to see it stay in the county.” -John Roberts

“Everything used to be handled by volunteers or the board, but now we have an accountant in place. The problem was that we didn't move fast enough. There is a process, there are bylaws. We've engaged an attorney to perform a forensic audit and we're dealing with translating the paper to digital.” -Martha Takatsu

“My daughter loves him as a teacher and he is most definitely an asset to this community. Whoever thought about cross country until he showed up here? Not many. It was football/basketball.” -Michelle Bouchard

“Scientists do this for years. We did it for five days.” -Hannah Welborn

“What disturbs me is I felt we had the backing of the selectboard. I left our last meeting with a great feeling. It disturbed me that you didn’t convey that feeling at town meeting.” -Chet Grover

“It’s especially amazing to see the kids. For those 10 minutes that they’re counting the fish, they’re just so happy to be helping.” -Ruth Indrick