Latest Quotes

“Manhattan was a river of men flowing past my door and when I was thirsty, I drank.”

— Alice Denham, "Old School Cool" on Reddit

“My decision to work toward prison abolition is a love story—one in which I seek to better love my community and the world and to create safer communities that can better love the younger version of myself.”

— Josie Pickins, Prison Abolition Comes from a Place of Love

“Remember: You are not alone. You may feel frustrated, broken, and damaged, but you are not those thoughts and feelings.”

— Kelsey Darragh, Don’t F*cking Panic

“Hip-hop was once less of an industry than a far-flung multiverse of high schoolers trying to see how far rhymes could take them.”

— Hua Hsu, The Wondrous Rhymes of MF Doom

“They don't care nothing about me.”

— Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey, Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

“This comes at a time when Google’s work culture is at a crossroads.”

— Shirin Ghaffary , Google’s new union, briefly explained

“Things change. The air and everything.”

— Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Toledo, Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

“It seems that people don’t realize how much the stuff we read and watch shapes the way we see the world and the people in it, ourselves included.”

— NIC STONE, Don’t Just Read About Racism—Read Stories About Black People Living

“Trump’s pressure campaign on Raffensperger is the latest example of his attempt to subvert the outcome of the Nov. 3 election through personal outreach to state Republican officials.”

— Amy Gardner, ‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’

“Riddles have been around for centuries with the word “riddle” meaning a statement or question that presents a puzzle that must be solved in order to achieve the answer. The word originates from the same word as “read”; stemming from the Old English word “ræ̅dan” which means “to interpret or guess.”…”

— January Nelson, 130+ Riddles for Kids and Adults

“There were significant strides taken in 2020. But that doesn't take away from the fact that the road in front of us remains long.”

— Mekita Rivas, How Magazines Addressed Diversity in 2020 — and What That Means for 2021

“I am not performing my totality on social media. No one is; no one should. What should we expect from people we follow? That they act like people, and we respond in kind.”

— Alicia Kennedy, On Online

“Before all of it, this record showed me, my mother was a girl who drew swirly hearts and had crushes and listened to The Monkees. She was a girl like me.”

— Sandra Ebejer, (So Hard to) Leave Yesterday Behind

“Academia is basically a niche forum you have to pay $200,000 to post on.”

— collnsmith, Academia is basically a niche forum you have to pay $200,000 to post on.

“Thankfully, Mrs. Gliniecki keeps him grounded and in check. Anytime he gets a big head about being the greatest cherry-stem tier the world has ever known — or she finds herself having to field personal questions from curious friends — she assures them that they don’t have to be “too” impressed with…”

— Isabelle Kohn, The Twisted History of the Cherry-Stem Tongue-Tie Trick

“I want a life where we can just be.”

— Sarah Streicher, Jai Tiggett, Nora Reid, Helena Howard, Day Twenty-Three

“He never felt like a stranger, even when I didn't know him.”

— Sarah Streicher, Jai Tiggett, Nora Reid, Helena Howard, Day Twenty-Three

“I don't want you to forget you.”

— Jai Tiggett, Sarah Streicher, Nora Reid, Helena Howard, Day Twenty-Two

“Train wrecks unite.”

— Melissa Blake, Amy B. Harris, Leah Rilke, Sarah Pidgeon, Day Sixteen

“I know exactly who I am. I cannot wait to get home and get back to her.”

— Melissa Blake, Amy B. Harris, Shelby Goodkind, Mia Healey, Day Sixteen