One Great Moment

"Words are living things. They have personality, point of view, agenda."

“Words are living things. They have personality, point of view, agenda.”

—Mads Mikkelsen as TV character Hannibal Lecter
"They were tired, so tired and still they returned."

“They were tired, so tired and still they returned.”

—Washington Post staff
"... the only true medicine I could provide."

“… the only true medicine I could provide.”

—Dr. Jesse Charles, from his time volunteering at Brooklyn Hospital Center during coronavirus
"When we came back to Paris it was clear and cold and lovely."

“When we came back to Paris it was clear and cold and lovely.”

—Ernest Hemingway in "A Moveable Feast"
"Execution is as important as vision."

“Execution is as important as vision.”

—U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine
"How was it I had let all wonder, all curiosity, seep from me?"

“How was it I had let all wonder, all curiosity, seep from me?”

—Esi Edugyan, from her novel "Washington Black"
"... America was postoned."

“… America was postoned.”

—Zachary T. Sampson of the Tampa Bay Times, with a crucial assist from colleague Jay Cridlin, in a story about coronavirus closures
"Iowa is a fairy tale."

“Iowa is a fairy tale.”

—Dan Zak of the Washington Post in a story about the 2020 Iowa caucuses
"If you think of all these words just staggering around, grammar is their social order, their government."

“If you think of all these words just staggering around, grammar is their social order, their government.”

—From "The Grammarians," a novel by Cathleen Schine
“Failure is the best. After you fail, you’re free.”

“Failure is the best. After you fail, you’re free.”

—Musician and artist Tunde Adebimpe