Latest Quotes

“This summer’s turn toward hiking could be because there isn’t anything else going on. Or it could be that there is so much else going on, too.”

— Maggie Lange, Is Hiking the Only Summer Activity That’s Basically Still the Same?

“There was a lot that people could have been interested in in me when I was young. They didn’t want to express it, because they didn’t want to praise the Black girl.”

— Thandie Newton, Thandie Newton Is Finally Ready to Speak Her Mind

“What precisely are we afraid of? Is it being alone? Or having to go back out into the world and find another person we’d be happy to spend the rest of our life with?”

— Annie Vladev, “I’m Afraid My Partner’s Going to Leave Me”

“It was a poignant reminder that human achievement has been leveled by the pandemic, too.”

— Theresa DeLucci, The Best of Us

“The police were a placebo. Calling them felt like something, as the legal scholar Michelle Alexander explains, and something feels like everything when your other option is nothing.”

— Derecka Purnell, How I Became a Police Abolitionist

“I don't wanna face everyone. I don't wanna do seventh grade.”

— Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman, Maya Ishii-Peters, Maya Erskine, First Day

“I'm the ugliest girl in school. Do you get that in your skull?”

— Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Sam Zvibleman, Maya Ishii-Peters, Maya Erskine, First Day

“When these thoughts first appear, they seem impossible—until they aren’t.”

— Brandy Jensen, I'm Ashamed That My Biological Clock Is Ticking

“If a plane goes down, you have to put your mask on before you help someone else.”

— Alexa Lisitza, 50 People Shared the Best Advice Their Therapist Has Ever Given Them

“Behind the facade of millennial pink and Rosie the Riveter posters, mainstream feminism has largely ignored an entire population: marginalized women.”

— Megan DiTrolio, Feminism Fails Women of Color

“Prosecutors allege Maxwell helped Epstein traffic and abuse underage girls; he died by suicide awaiting trial last year.”

— Jonathan Dienst, Joe Valiquette, Tom Winter, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges

“As I lounged in a chaise, I discovered that you can’t actually tan when your entire body is covered in a gown.”

— Andrew Nguyen, I Dressed Like Catherine the Great for a Week

“While many of these incidents have surfaced before, the repeated accusations against the two YouTubers at a time when the broader culture is coming to grips with rampant racism and problematic behavior could lead to permanent changes in the beauty world.”

— Taylor Lorenz, Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star Are Losing Followers and Losing Ads

“I couldn’t decide if I wanted to scold them because I am someone’s actual ass auntie or if I wanted to give them hugs because they are living their truths and having fun while doing it.”

— Shelli Nicole, I'm Just Here To Hype Up The Tiny TikTok Lezzies

“If something truly meant nothing, it’s not a big deal if you choose not to tell your partner. But you have to be clear with yourself whether something is or isn’t a big deal.”

— Tara Blair Ball, 6 Lies That Are Okay to Tell in a Relationship

“We're like, 'We're geniuses! We invented the internet!' and it's like, no mushrooms kind of did it first sorry.”

— Brie Larson, Brie Larson Takes On a New Form While Eating Spicy Wings

“I met your gaze and it was love that we were makin' it.”

— Dominic Fike, Chicken Tenders

“Free to laugh, free to cry, let your tears flow.”

— Louis The Child, EARTHGANG, Big Love

“The cast of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' reunited for a virtual chat that revisited the movie, and even featured a special appearance by Jake Gyllenhaal, a superfan of the 1986 hit.”

— Marianne Garvey, CNN, Matthew Broderick still remembers his most famous lines from 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'

“Is the difference you believe you have with trans women greater than what we all share in our belief in women’s equality?”

— Roey Thorpe, Responding to J.K. Rowling