"I don't believe my mind would allow me to truly accept what had happened on Tuesday morning until Thursday night when I cried for the first time. I feel anger and frustration and very deep sadness for the family and friends of the people who have lost their lives."   9/17

"In the words of a song from my youth: 'We hold the key to love and hate in our trembling hand.' I hope our response to evil will not be to compound evil."   9/17

"Honi soit qui mal y pense." Translation: "Evil to him who thinks evil."   9/17

"This is very devastating. But coming to school and seeing our friends makes us feel better and move on with our lives."   9/17

"I think this has changed our lives. We don't feel quite as secure. There is a general feeling of sadness that permeates everything."   9/17

"It was a horrible accident. We must achieve retribution for those who have fallen. The angel of mercy shall be present on our side. And we will strike down those that have hurt us."   9/17

"It is a shame that someone can go so low and cause so many to lose their lives, and cause a world crisis now. It was a terrible thing to do."   9/17

"It is a terrible scar on our nation. It shows that when our nation is down on its knees, people will bring it back up."

"I was in the library watching it on TV. People from the Guidance Dept. would come in and tell the kids their parents were alive. Really tragic."   9/17

"It was horrific. Disgusting. Unbelievable."

"It was scary, crazy."   9/13

"I think it was the worst attack on us ever. Whenever we find out who did it, we should respond with war."

"We should go in, flatten, blacken and make Afghanistan glow in the dark."   9/13

"It was just a horrific act of terror that should not have happened."   9/13

I think there's going to be a lot of social restrictions placed on us. Laws will get a lot stricter, getting onto airlines will take a lot longer. Unfortunately this will create a lot of prejudice against people, and it is also bringing people together."   9/13

"I think it is disgusting. That people were celebrating I think is disturbing. I think a lot is going to change. Everything is going to be different now and a lot of people are going to suffer."

"I also think it is disgusting that this happened to New York. I feel bad for all the people who lost loved ones. I doubt that New York City will ever be the same again."

"I think that it's wrong that the terrorists used our freedom against us. They took lives of innocent people and I feel sorry for all the families that lost somebody. This is something that should never have happened."   9/13

"It is really sad. When we watched it in the library, people from the office were coming in to tell students that their parents were alive."

"The first thing I thought of was my brother and cousin. My brother's instant message said, 'Yes I'm alive.' My cousin was running and a guy who was running next to him was hit by some scaffolding and killed.
When I found out my brother and cousin were all right, I felt I was contributing by making all these phone calls. This seems like something personal to me, so close to home."   9/13

"I thought it was really weird because our generation has never been through anything like this before. The national pride in our country has gone way up."

"It's all pretty unbelievable because the New York skyline is forever changed. I felt that I should go there and help out."   9/13

"I don't think it calls for a war. There has got to be another way. I just hope we don't start making generalizations about all Arabs."

"I think that we should value human intelligence and not just technical intelligence. We need to spruce up the security systems because if four planes are hijacked in one day that says something about security."    9/13

"I'm really pissed off about it. I think we should definitely bomb them, and I don't care if we kill innocent people because they killed so many of our innocent people."   9/13

"I think that what they did was very bad. We should fight them, declare war and kick their butts. They showed a lack of humanity. They were cowards."   9/13

"This is obviously the worst act of terrorism that's happened in recent times. We're living on the edge now, trying to see what's going to happen next. We want to be able to identify a clear enemy so we can retaliate."   9/13