Favorite Joan Burton Quotes
Joan: I know it's crazy, but I feel like he's already ours. Like he was meant to be a part of our family.
Roland: Yeah, I like him too, Joan. But, uh, are we really prepared to raise a child with HIV?
Roland: Joan, his mother gave him up when he was two. His grandmother died. His last mother gave him up into the system. It stands to reason that he has issues.
Joan: I understand. It still hurts.
Joan: I need you to believe in me.
Roland: I do.
David: People always give me back.
Joan: I know they do. But not any more. You're our son. I love you. We love you. And we're not going anywhere without you, ever.
Latasha: So I was wondering, where did that woman go?
Joan: Excuse me?
Latasha: The Colonel Joan I knew understood the pressures military families are under. She would never make a mother feel small because her boy got into a little trouble.
Joan: A little trouble?
Latasha: I don't make light of what our boys did, and they deserved to be punished and they are being punished. But they're boys and they're not going to act right all the time.
It was my track coach who turned my life around, so I'd like to have that same impact on kids in need.
Well I'm not gonna just sit here and let them attack our kid.
The people who are really your friends? They're not gonna care about your HIV, they're gonna love you for who you are, just like we do.
We sent a combat brigade around the world on a dangerous mission and the only fatality we suffered was an Army wife here at home.
Joan: I do know a lot of officers who think gays undermine the war effort. I work for one.
Roland: What?
Joan: Oh yeah. A couple years ago, General Clark spoke out about lifting the ban.
Roland: I've been trying to look at this through his eyes, ya know? What would I do if I found out I had an 11 year old son?
Joan: You would do what's best for the child.
Roland: I would want to meet him, Joan. It's human nature.
Joan: I can't believe our son brought that into our house.
Roland: Really?
Joan: He traded his desserts for it.
Roland: Enterprising.
