NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“I feel free. It’s a great feeling of accomplishment. It’s been one of

the biggest challenges of my life.”

-- David Queen, 44, on receiving his bachelor’s degree in fine arts

from Cal State Long Beach. Queen, a Newport Beach library page, was only

able to take one or two classes a year because of a brain injury.

“My mom loves the part where I write books. The part where I have sex

with people, she’s not so happy about.”

-- Barbara Keesling of Costa Mesa, on her family’s reaction to her

career as a former sex surrogate. Now a sex therapist and professor at

Cal State Fullerton, Keesling is the author of “The Good Girl’s Guide to

Bad Girl Sex.”

“I believe the city needs to show that we care about housing for

everyone.”

-- Libby Cowan, mayor of Costa Mesa, on why she participated in an

affordable housing forum June 3 put on by the Orange County Congregation

Community Organization. About 200 people came to the session held at St.

Joachim Catholic Church.

“We have meats. We have cheeses. These need refrigeration. . . .

Bacteria develops very quickly.”

-- Winnie Kunze of Globe Delicatessen in Costa Mesa, on why she

applied to the state’s Public Utilities Commission for a blackout

exemption for her sandwich shop. The application deadline was Monday.

“It would get real tiring for a whole day. And I don’t think [migrant

workers] could afford sunscreen every day.”

-- Jess Peterson, 10, on spending Wednesday morning picking green

beans in Irvine with the rest of his fourth-grade Newport Coast

Elementary class as part of a learning project.

“The carnival people joke that they hope there is a power interruption

because there will be nothing left for people to go to except for the

carnival.”

-- Becky Bailey-Findley, general manager and chief executive for the

Orange County Fairgrounds, commenting that the Orange County Fair

carnival is run on generators not connected to the power grid, thus

leaving it exempt from possible summer blackouts.

“I don’t understand. I’m not hurting anybody, I’m not jeopardizing

anybody. They’re just giving me grief for no reason.”

-- Dennis Rodman, former NBA superstar, on the trouble he’s run into

lately with city and law enforcement officials regarding parties at his

Newport Beach home.