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Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
Here are the best quotes we heard from our sources today. (Click through to read the full stories.)
Robin Dunbar, a sociologist: “We hadn’t expected the Finns to turn out to be the most cuddly people.”
Margee Kerr, a haunted house consultant, on why Millennials love zombies:“I think that they were really concerned that the apocalypse was going to happen in their generation.”
Zaydan al-Jabari, a Sunni tribal leader from Ramadi, Iraq: “Iraqis don’t want to live under the Islamic State, but where are they supposed to go?”
(Previous quotes from our sources here.)
About the Author
Rosa Inocencio Smith is a former assistant editor at The Atlantic.