“Making bread is closer to sex than to cooking. It’s about diving in with your hands, massaging it, making it rise. And there is no fast climax; it takes at least 24 hours to make decent bread. All this time you have to care for it lovingly while you wait. And wait.”— Albertina Coacci, nytimes.com
“It became second nature to compare my appearance to every person who caught my eye, so I found myself in this continuous cycle of picking at my face while slowly watching my self confidence plummet before my very eyes.”— Orion Carloto, nylon.com
“Nobody thinks of the end of the year as a magic reset button, even if sometimes we talk about it like it is.”— Anne Thériault, flare.com
“Broadway may not be re-opening until at least May of next year, but Jimmy Fallon and Andrew Rannells are bringing the stage to you.”— Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, people.com
“At many points in 2020, it felt better to simply stop posting altogether.”— Stella Bugbee, thecut.com
“It’s a small step from belittling people who don’t take sufficient coronavirus precautions to belittling people for contracting Covid-19.”— Aaron E. Carroll, nytimes.com
“'Tenderness, violence, animosity, and compassion are the outer edges of what feels like a total map of the human condition.'”— The New Yorker, newyorker.com
“God forbid you need to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Horror games aren't exactly for the weak of heart.”— Matt Espineli, Jenae Sitzes , gamespot.com
“Each New Bad Thing—whether it’s a tiny personal mishap you’d typically take in stride or an awful news event like Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death and the Breonna Taylor ruling—seemingly carries with it the weight of all the bad things that preceded it. As a result, we’re all kind of getting emotionally…”— Anna Borges, self.com
“The air has a kind of sourness, and a heaviness, that can worsen as the day goes on, depending on how much smoke this year’s Santa Ana winds have pulled over from the closest fire.”— Bridget Read, thecut.com
“Police dispersed protesters in Seattle's Capitol Hill Occupation Protest (CHOP) area and arrested at least 31 people on Wednesday after an emergency order by Mayor Jenny Durkan.”— Eric Levenson , Hira Humayun, cnn.com
“What better way to try and get us through this period of isolation than with some good old fashioned jokes?”— Gianluca Russo, Teen Vogue, teenvogue.com
“In the end, his only primary win was American Samoa and its six delegates.”— Emma Specter, Vogue, vogue.com
“It's always a good idea to bring reusable bags with you to the grocery store. But starting in 2020, forgetting them at home could cost you.”— Harmeet Kaur, cnn.com
“It should be the year you work on ridding yourself of baggage, getting over your deepest insecurities, and learning to love yourself unconditionally.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you continue to dwell on the past, to chase after hearts who are wrong for you, to allow yourself to be walked over, to surround yourself with the wrong people, to mope about how much you hate your life, 2020 is going to be exactly the same as yesterday.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“I'm confident that 2020 is going to produce a significant change, not just in the White House, but in both houses of Congress. I think that Democratic majority on immigration, on healthcare, on a more inclusive economy, on confronting the challenge of climate before it's too late is going to be able…”— Beto O'Rourke, cbsnews.com