“Counterculture groups played an important role, from descendants of the

black power movement to hordes of young white anarchists.”(p.281)

“The joy in disaster comes, when it comes, from that purposefulness, the immersion in service and sur-vival...”(p.306)

“Every disaster is to some degree a social

disaster, and though a strong and united

society cannot prevent disasters, it can plan and prepare for them...”(p.266)

“When I came to the Gulf Coast, I thought that my subject was the extraordinary communities of

volunteers that had sprung up in the wake of Katrina...”(p.247)

The out-of-town volunteers were of-ten very different from the locals, emotionally and cul-turally.(p.288)

“Of course that was a movement that came out ofthe black churches of the South, and so it was

religious from its roots on up.”(p.285)

“It was white people talking about

the savage things other white people had done to

black people.”(p.247)

“A black woman and white man were singing and playing music as people sat at long ta-bles talking and eating.”(p.288)

“The world watched as a largely impoverished, largely

African Americanpopulation suffered in the hot, filthy ruinous city.”(p.240)

“Half an hour later, I met an African American man who’d been in New Or-leans all his life.”(p.288)

“Counterculture groups played an important role, from descendants of the black power movement to hordes of

young white anarchists.”(p.281)

“A stocky, red-haired earnest

young manwho had recentlygraduated from Columbia University...”(p.300)

“For acted upon, given a role, this is a love that builds society, resilience, community, purpose, and meaning.”(p.306)