Jill Carroll Quotes (11 Quotes)

All I ever wanted to be was a foreign correspondent. It seemed the right time to try to make it happen.

During my last night in captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video.

At any rate, fearing retribution from my captors, I did not speak freely. Out of fear, I said I wasn't threatened. In fact, I was threatened many times.

In fact, I was threatened many times.

I just want to say how much I'm overwhelmed by how wonderful the paper has been to my family.

I am here. I am fine. Please just do whatever they want, give them whatever they want as quickly as possible.

I've never been as happy as I am here. It sounds strange and kind of morbid to say it, but I really love this place.

One night she slipped a note in my hotel mailbox. It was a small essay of encouragement and praise from out of the blue.

It stays on for about an hour and a half and then goes out for a few hours. Back in October, we would get three or four hours at a time.

Iraqis in the street are saying that the Shiite-dominated government planned it that way. The elections gave people hope for an improved life, but immediately after the vote, the quality of life declined.

I gave a TV interview to the Iraqi Islamic Party shortly after my release. The party had promised me the interview would never be aired on television, and they broke their word.