One Great Moment “Words are living things. They have personality, point of view, agenda.” —Mads Mikkelsen as TV character Hannibal Lecter June 16, 2020 Trevor Pyle “They were tired, so tired and still they returned.” —Washington Post staff June 11, 2020 Jacqui Banaszynski “… the only true medicine I could provide.” —Dr. Jesse Charles, from his time volunteering at Brooklyn Hospital Center during coronavirus May 29, 2020 Jacqui Banaszynski “When we came back to Paris it was clear and cold and lovely.” —Ernest Hemingway in "A Moveable Feast" May 20, 2020 Roy Peter Clark “Execution is as important as vision.” —U.S. Senator Angus King of Maine May 13, 2020 Jacqui Banaszynski “How was it I had let all wonder, all curiosity, seep from me?” —Esi Edugyan, from her novel "Washington Black" May 1, 2020 Jacqui Banaszynski “… 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 March 27, 2020 Lane DeGregory “Iowa is a fairy tale.” —Dan Zak of the Washington Post in a story about the 2020 Iowa caucuses February 14, 2020 Jill U. Adams “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 January 31, 2020 Jacqui Banaszynski “Failure is the best. After you fail, you’re free.” —Musician and artist Tunde Adebimpe December 12, 2019 Trevor Pyle Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 16 Next